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MARCH AND APRIL, 1893
TABLE OF CONTENTS
An Admirable Statement of the Merits of the Phono-
graph...
A Leading New York Merchant TTTT
A Noted Record Maker, Dan Kelly, of Cincinnati, O. .
A New Field for BreAd Winners
Another Triumph for the Phonograph
A Soothsayer and Admonisher
Authors and Publishers .*
A V(o)ice Everybody Approve* Of.
Cabinets made for J. Plerpont Morgan
Change
Current News
Directions for Adjusting “Wright" Action for
Operating Phonograph in Nickel-in-the-Slot
Is the Phonograph Difficult to Operate...
It's a Wise Man That Knows His Own Vote-
Musical Bulletins
Nature is God’s Phonograph
Need of a Railway Annunciator
Noble Edifices and their Exhibits
Plan to Forward the Interests of the People In the
Matter of Common Roads
Points on the Automatic Reproducer
Poughkeepsie Enterprise
Prize for High Schools Scholars
Shorthand Cripples Enemies to the Profession. . . .
Testimonial from the Westiughouee Cable Company
to the Company
The Columbian Era
The Phonograph in Missionary Work
The African and the Phonograph ....
The « olumbl&jj Exposition from a Moral, Intellec-
tual and Political Standpoint
The Edison Phonograph In Canada
The Educatk nal Phonograph at the World's Fair...
The Infringement of Etitoriai Rights
The Phonograph at Sea
Electric Devices in Berlin
Ever Varying. Ever New
Exhibition of the Phonograph in the Auditorium of
the Drexel Institute
Expert Opinion
Fact Stranger than Fiction
From the Crescent Citv
Headquarters of the North American Phonogr/ ph
Company. Edison Building. New York
How Musical Records are Made
Hungarian Telephonic News Service.
Improvements In Phonograph Records
The Phonogram Club
The P onograph Uniting the Nations
Trade Notes
United by Common Interests
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Automatic Nickel-in-the-Slot Phonographs for s^le.
A large assortment of musical records of the finest quality con-
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Call and hear these instruments, or send for circulars and pamphlet.
PHONOGRAM.
THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
BY JAMES L. ANDEM.
President and General Manager of the OHIO PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
Send for table of CONTENTS.
“.The neat complete guide a |*rson can liar,- to the use of the Phonograph."— Thos. R. Lombard, General Manager
N. A. Phono. Co.
".Will answer a decided necessity in the- Phonograph business. '—Kansas Phono. Co. ✓
' our expt»rience has enabled you to treat the subject accurately and comprehensively."— Colombia Phonograph Co.
" Of. great value to all users of the Phonograph.*'— H olland Bkothkrs.
Hound in cloth, illuminated title, in gilt, 64 pages, with references to 33 separate parts of
the IMionograph, illustrated by cut and figures. Price $1.00. postage paid- ^
Send for our Kew Musical Catalogue and Price List of supplies, just issued, all
the latest Bands, Songs and Piano, Parlor Orchestras, Instrnmental Solos, and
thellargest and finest selection of Quartettes by the celebrated Bison City Quartette.
Also the famous “ Pat. Brady ” records always in stock and shipped promptly.
W6 make a specialty of loud records for exhibition purposes. v
The following have been placed in our hands to sell
Any one in want of same will tjp given figures much
BELOW THE COST OF MANUFACTURE.
l our new casts, square glass top, made in Chicago
and fitted with Wright Improved Action. Sold, fitted,
for $30 each.
Three new cases, slanting glass top, made in St.
Joseph, fitted with Wright * Improved Action. Sold,
fitted, for $30 each.
Thirteen M. Joseph cases, fitted, used one year,
worth $10 each.
Seventeen Chicago Batteries, Anglo-American, cost
$13.50 each.
Please send bid for the lot , or less . F . O. B. St. Joseph , Mo. , to
V. 2EC. MoRAE, “ The Phonogram,”
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u IMPROVEMENT IS THE ORDER OP THE DAY.”
The New Special No. 3 Ca/igraph has met with uniters*!
favor because it has two interchangeable platens, which can
be adjusted in less than thirty seconds, enabling an opera-
tor to produce the work of two machines from one ; because
it has a positive ribbon movement, which presents a fresh
surface of the ribbon for each type impression ; becabse it
has a wheel dog stay and six additional characters ; be-
cause it has a hollow type bar, which gives lightness and
strength ; because it has an adjustable type hanger, which
gives permanent alignment ; because it has a key for every
character and an adjustable feed guide . In fact, the Special
No. 3 Caligraph is the acme of perfection in typewriters.
SEND. FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TO
THE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE COMPANY,
237 BROADWAY, 5EW YORK,
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Br*nrhOfflrMij 14 Wt Fourth Street, Cincinnati.)
Branch
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Correspondence, briefs, specifications or. literary
composition may be recorded on the phonograph, to be
transcribed later by any one who can operate a type-
writer. In this field it is stead.ily making its way.
Business machine, with Storage Battery, etc., sold
or leased. Prices given on application to
THE TEXAS PHONOGRAPH GO.,
TH08. CONYNGTON, Genl. Man. GALVESTON, TEXA8.
WANTED.
PHONOGRAPH, with latest improved at-
tachments, nickel in-th e-slot cabinet, to be
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SPRING AND SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT
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NEW JERSEY PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,
of Newark, N. J.
A NEW AND COMPLETE STOCK OF RECORDS BY—
Sousa's New Marine Band : We are the first to secure records of this famous band.
Gilmore's Band, of New York City: We always carry a full stock of records of this great band.
Voss' First Regiment Band, of Newark, N. J.: In a new list of popular descriptive selections.
Holding's Military Band : Rendering a full line of latest New York successes
Isslers Parlor Orchestra : Presenting a variety of musical novelties, songs, nances with clogs.
lanciers with figures called, waltzes, marches, etc. • , „ ,
Talking Records: The "Casev ” Senes, by Russell Hunting and The “ Pat Brady humo-
rous talking records by Dan Kelly. , r>
Dan W. Quinn : •• Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me A Bow-Wow/’ “ Molly and I and the Baby.
“ The Bowery,” and 40 others. .
George J. Gaskin : “ I’m the Man that Wrote Ta-ra-ra," “ You’d Better Stay at Home,;Lad,
“ Drill Ye. Tarrier " and 40 others
Lew Spencer : •' Hi ! Waiter,” " Nigger and the Bee.” *• Near It, ’ and 50 others.
J. ■ W. Myers: " Sing Me Tho«e Prettv Songs." •• The Girl I Left Behind." .
Chas. A. Asbury : “ Coon That Carnet the Razor," “ Haul The Wood Pile Down, and others
with banjo accompaniment
George W. Johnson : •• The Laughing Song,” “The Whistling Coon.” always popular.
The Manhansett Quartette : "Dixie. “ Cornfield,” and others. _ J ni . .
The Metropolitan Quartette : “ Annie Laurie,” " The Old Oaken Bucket, “ In Old Madrid,
verv fine, perfect harmony.
Comet Solos: Bv D. B. Dana. Clarinet Solos : ByWm. Tuson.
Piccolo Solos : By Geo. Schweinfest. Xylophone Solo : By Chas. P. Lowe.
Send for our new catalogue to be issued June 1st. Address, New Jersey
Phonograph Co., S7-.9 Orange St., Xetcark, N. J .
The “Brudder Rasmus Sermons”
As delivered by LOUIS VASNIER,
For the Louisiana Phonograph Company.
The following sermons are kept in stock and can usually be supplied at short notice.
“ ADAM AND EVE. ” “ JOB. ”
“END OB DE WORL7’ ' “SINNERS. ”
“CHARITY OB DE HEART.” “ MOSES AND HIS TRIBE.”
“ WHY YOU ARE ’ BLACK. ”
These sermons, while very humorous, are characteristic Negro
delineations and are faithful reproductions of a dusky style of pulpit
oratory that is rapidly passing away. The sermons are very popular
amongst both whites and blacks and have proved to be among,; the
most profitable of exhibition records.
All records are clear and distinct. Any imperfect records may
be exchanged. *
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Pope l*o XIII. and MonaiKUor SatoUI. Ilis Holiness Sends Greetings to American People through the Phonograph.
The Phonograph Uniting the Nations, rule* the world of commerce. Then came
the electric jien which Morse used to con-
As ages move on, the ties that bind the qner space, and finally car own Edison
Eastern and Western hemispheres to- fills the measure df originality and inven-
gether are being continually strengthened tire genius by finding a path for our voices
and multiplied. Archeologists assert that across the;track!ess ocean. .
the wildernesses of North and South Amep Statesmen, diplomatists, financiers and
ica were first |*enetrated by hardy adven- the grand army of commerce use this
turers from Oriental climes, and that median ism u7 communicate with one an-
tribes from Northern Asia walked dry other, but it is oniv within the past month
shod across the sfwce separating that con- that ftie So v*r£i {ft' Pontiff, Pope I^eo X III.,
tincnt from North America, where now the ecclesiastical 'head of 105,000,000 of
the arctic wind and wave sweep fiercely Christians, has transmitted a message
over the hidden crust that covers the through this rnediurp.
j'lobe We are informed,/ltat Mr. Stephen Mori-
Be that as it may, we know that many arty, manager of the Edison-United Phono-
centuries before the Columbian discovery graph Co., which ewns all the foreign
of America, Lieff Ericson, a daring Scan, patents to the phonograph, had a private
dinavian, crossed the Atlantic, and swept audience with the M(pt Reverend father,
with his eagle eye our whole Eastern sea- and delivered an. address in Italian, con-
gratulating him upon bis Episcopal -Jubi-
After Columbus, came in quick aucces- lee. Mr. -Moriarty entreated Hi- Holi-
sion bold captains with crews in search of neys to speak into the phonograph, and
treasure, and next, pilgrim bands seeking send a message of love and a blessing to
free shrines, and pioneers to plant new the Cath^ttc&'-is America who would be
homes. Ere long, lines of vessels crossed present at the opening of the World a
♦ v,,. inttrc-ils till at last Fair in Chicago : savins that this would
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spoke into it ; after which, turning to Mr.
Moriarty, he said : v
“I hand you this message. Guard it
carefully, for it is the expression of my love
for all the people of the United States.”
The North American Phonograph Co-,
will exhibit this cylinder at the World’s
Fair.
The message to the people of the United
States was couched in Latin, and by
the Pope’s special request will not be pub-
lished before it has been reproduced in
America. The message was then re-
produced by the Pope’s desire, and upon
hearing it he said : “ It is my voice —
my very voice. This is indeed won-
derful.” His Holiness then explained
to the Papal court that his voice would be
heafd long after his death.
Mr. Moriartv was also the bearer of two
messages, one from the late Cardinal Man-
ning and another from Cardinal Gibbons,
of Baltimore ; the latter asked the bles-
sing of God upon the Pope. The Pope
was greatly affected at hearing the voice
of the dead Cardinal, brought, as it were,
from the grave to his ears.
The Educational Phonograph at the
World’s Fair.
The Columbian Exposition affords the
opportunity of seeing one great branch of
human improvement fostered and stimu-
lated by means of the Edison phonograph.
Mr. A. W. Clancy, the progressive and
earnest chief of the educational depart-
ment of the phonograph, will here present
to the public examples of the benefits to
be derived in employing this wonderful in-
strument.
Four sub-departments have been organ-
ized in this branch. The first embraces
public school work, in which there are
questions by the teachers in different stud-
ies, and responses on the part of tbe pu-
pils recorded and reproduced, from various
schools in the country, from the primary
grades up to the high schools.
Second, there are declamations and reci-
tations ; also musical performances consist-
ing of songs, quartettes and choruses.
Third, statements from prominent heads
of institutions of learning, recorded on
cylinders, referring to various methods of,
school work.
Fourth, a display of large numbers of
cylinders upon which are recorded systems
and exercises written in different lan-
guages — German, French, Latin, Spanish,
Italian, etc. These show how the phono-
graph becomes an important factor in
teaching correct pronunciation, not only
instructing pupils in the grammar of their
tongues, but repeating syllables and words
i.. definitely, until the ear of the pupil has
become familiar with the sound.
Another interesting feature of the edu-
cational exposition is the collection of
photographs upon the walls, where one
niav snrvev the faces and forms of those
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whose voices are heard in the recitations
and musical performances.
The phonograph renders to youth of all
ages valuable assistance, by frequent repe-
tition of the vocabulary of their own or
anv foreign language. Mistakes of pro-
nunciation are rectified by this means with-
out fatigue on the part of the scholar or
teacher.
That the phonograph facilitates the
efforts of the educator in developing the
youthful mind is now proven beyond cavil,
but something more than a statement of
this fact is uecessarv, in order to con-
vey to ihe world at large a knowledge of
the wide and important field of usefulness
in which this instrument may be applied.
Paid TTin Backers Well.
The horse “ Phonograph ” came in first
at the Elizabeth race track on April 13th,
paying his backers five to one, and a
handsome purse for his owner.
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The Columbian Era.
F. G. De FO!fTAlN*E.
We are in the midst of an epoch that is
all aflame with glory. While we may cel-
ebrate “ the discovery of Columbus,” that
event sinks into insignificance when con-
fronted by the grander achievements of
human intellect that have followed. Our
age is full of intellectual crystallization.
Footsteps have grown into strides and
strides into leaps' and marches until we
are tempted to pause and wonder whither
they lead.
Watt gave us the steam engine; Stephen-
son, the locomotive; Fulton, the steam-
boat: Erjcsson, the war ship w r ith its re-
volving turrets; Franklin with hi^kite es-
tablished the identity between lightning
and electricity; Morse captured the vagrant
element and put it in harness so that we
may write and read thought as quickly as
it can be flashed through space; Edison
discovered that a thread of carbon pro-
duces the most effective electric light, and
has so animated the dull iron and steel of
machinery that it has become, in his phon-
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ograph, like a living voice giving back to
ub the records of a lifetime. Edison, Bell,
Gray and other inventors have secured to
the commercial world the blessings of the
telephone. To Whitney’s cotton gin we
owe economy in the production of the
staple that clothes the woild. Woman
bows to Elias Howe as the inventor of the
sewing machine. The farmers of the great
West remember Cyrus W. McCormick as
the man whose genius enabled them to
reap their vast wheat fields, while to Will-
iam Thomas Morton Green, of Massachu-
setts, all the world owes tribute for his
discovery of sulphuric ether as an anes-
thetic that has annulled pain in surgical
operations and lifted the primeval curse of
mankind.
These are but a few in the incidents of
the progress of our age, but we shall ap-
preciate them most when brought face to
face with their grand results as they may
be illustrated in the World’s Fair at Chi-
cago. We shall there be able to contrast
the past with the present: the old with the
new; the fiist rude steamboat with the
floating palace of to-day; the locomotive
that moved ten miles an hour with that
which is now driven at ninety; the flint-
lock musket with its death-dealing suc-
cessor that carries its own magazine; the
slow going caravels of Columbus with
the magnificent types of marine archi-
tecture, now moved by steam and
fitted with all the appliances that mod-
ern knowledge can supply; in brief, we
shall become acquainted with the human
achievements in every ' department of
thought and labor that have made this
nineteenth century of ours stand apart
from the others in its glory.
When the visitor reaches the Columbian
Fair grounds at Chicago, one of t)ie most
attractive of its exhibits Will be found in
the Electricity Building. Here will be
seen much of the work of that famous
American whose monuments have already
been erected, and, whom the Comm is
sioner of Patents once described as “ the
young man who kept the path to the
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The Electrical Building— Front View.
Patent Office hot with his footsteps” —
Thomas A. Edison.
Among the special exhibits in this build-
ing, will be that of the North American
Phonograph Co., embracing a space six-
teen feet wide and ninety-four feet in
length. The visitor will find it on the
right hand side of the main stairway lead-
ing to the gallery. A screen made of
turned and carved oak divides the space
into several departments. One of these is
for the conduct of the business of the
company on the World's Fair Grounds.
Another will be utilized for the exhibition of
the domestic phonograph and to illustrate
the social application of the instrument.
In a third department will be exhibited
the commercial -phonograph with attend-
ants present who will show how it saves
time, that most autocratic of monarchs,
and economizes labor in the offices of mer-
chants, bankers and other business men.
A fourth department will be devoted to
the educational purposes of the phono-
graph, in which the method of teaching
languages and elocution will be exempli-
fied. There will also be a space enclosed,
by a glass structure in which will be placed
a piano and certain special exhibits that
will still 'further demonstrate the infinite
uses to which this wonderful instrument
may be applied.
These phonographs will be operated
from electric light circuits and also from
primary arid stff'ofidary batteries. Possiblv
one may see there a machine for curing
deafnes8. Wonders will not cease even on
the spot. No marlines are to be operated
for revenue in Vie space alloted to the
North American Co., but many coin-in-
the-slot machines* are likely to be scat-
tered through the premises.
Among the attractions promised will be
mu^ic, if ndt •“ from the spheres,’'" at least
from many of the great artists of the
world, from famous orchestras and other
(organizations of whose performances in the
flesh we only know by reading cold type.
-Here, may close our eyes and imagine
ourselves in the very atmosphere of
genius. The voice of Mr. Edison will be
heard as it “goes sounding down the cor-
ridors of time;’ 1 that of William Glad-
stone, will remind us of the “grand old
man; ” and there will be hundreds of
others who are more or less known to
fume at home and abroad, the echo of
whose thoughts has been caught and im-
prisoned in this marvellous bit of mechan-
ism whose heart of iron beats with almost
human intelligence.
In the brief space which we can devote
to the subject in this number of The
Pho.vooram it is obviously impossible to
enter largely into details. A volume
would be needed to describe the astonish-
ing effects that are contemplated, but it
may be safely predicted that among all
the exhibits in the World’s Fair, none will
be more calculated to stimulate the pride
of the true American than these silent
witnesses to the achievements of his coun-
trymen— Thomas A. Emsox.
'Noble Edifices and Their Exhibits.
The Administration Building towers
above all others comprehended in this
scheme, as the Executive office over-
shadows all those sharing the duties
and functions of government. A post-
office is established within it for the con-
venience of employes of the Exposition,
and a sub-station is located outside of the
limits of the Fairgrounds for the use of
visitors.
This building is magniticeutlv illumi-
nated by electricity, and electric fountains
toss their parti-colored spray to the air at
the foot of the terrace on which it stands.
The liveliest interest is manifested in
the Electrical Building, as it is the most
wonderful. It covers live acres, is 690 by
•'325 feet in area, and cost $401,000. The
nave extends the entire length of the
building, 115 feet wide and 114 feet high ;
a series of galleries connected across the
nave by two bridges,, and reached from
below by four grand staircases, form the
second story. The exterior consists of a
continuous line of Corinthian pilasters,
which, including the base, rise to sixty
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Mines and Mining Building
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upon which visitors may sit anti view the illustrated by working models. The ex
exhibit without effort. The fiue coronas hibit in this hall will be particular!
hanging from the trusses above emit complete in mineralogy and metallurgy
streams of light. The central one, sus- The most conspicuous is that made b;
pended directly over the clock tower that Germany, in the center of the hall, com
forms a striking point of interest in this posed of T and angle iron and an elaborat
display, consists of one hundred and two display of tubes and structural iron. Tin
arc lights of two hundred candle-power, exhibit of terra cotta and stone for build
Each of the others contains seventv-six ing material, as also coal, is very complete
lights. The central corona is eighty-five The United States. Government Build
feet in diameter, is star-shaped in form, ing, resembling the National Museun
and Inis seventeen points. at Washington, has been erected for tin
The design of this lighting system is exhibits of each of the departments of tin
due to Mr. Sargent, Mr. Pierce, and Mr. Government, with a fine dome, threi
Luther Steiringer. acres of area, and costing $400,000
-Among the numerous exhibits which Belonging to this exhibit is it- battleship
appear in this hall, under Class II, its -.moored in Lake Michigan, 348 feet lone
proper classification, will be: found the and 97 feet beam, which co$t $100,000
famous Edison kinetograph. It is classed as an annex to the Govern
The Hall of Mines and Mining is seven ment building,
hundred feet long by three hundred in Half a million of dollars has been appro
width. Its cost was $265,000, and it printed so far to invoke the aid of the
covers an area of five acres. muses in widening the scope of the Ex
A portion of the exhibit in this build- position,
ing consists of marbles of various kinds , The tMusic Hall and Choral Hall are
and colors, which are incorporated in the devoted to musical purposes. All the
building itself, as they serve as facings for hands, orchestras, choral societies, or in-
Government Building
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dividual musical celebrities in the world
are invited to participate. Semi-weekly
and semi-monthly choral concerts will be
given. The Commbian Orchestra, which
numbers one hundred and twenty mem-
bers, will give daily concerts, and the
permauent Columbian chorus, which is
2,500 strong, will fill in dates not other-
wise engaged.
In the Woman’s Building will be found,
among other notable exhibits, the Crown
laces lent by Queen Margherita of Italy.
These will be guarded day and night, dur-.
ing the Exposition, by Italian sailors. No
country has sent a finer collection of
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books than Italy, and this has been the
result of the efforts of Mrs. Alice Howard
Cady, an American journalist, who has
long been a resident of Italy. She will
appear as the representative of Italian
literature in the World Vffiiir Congress.
A striking pavilion 1ms been erected in
the Woman’s Building, draped with the
flags of Spain and America, in which is
displayed a magnificent folio of illumi-
nated illustrations. It is entitled “ Isa-
bella and Columbus Immortal.”
An enterprising young Armenian has
been appointed by the Shah of Persia
Imperial exhibitor for Persia at the
World’s Fair. Mr. Topakyan has had
supervision of the erection of au ancient
building which contains Persia’s exhibit*.
Among the choice articles are an exquisite
collection of palace and prayer rugs.
There is also- an- Indian settlement in-
habited by Indians from Fort Rupert,
Vancouver. It is comprised of four tribes
of the Quachquhl nation. They will row
one of their native canoes on the southern
lagoon, and the women will manufacture
baskets and trinkets during the holding
of the Fair.
The admission tickets to the Chicago
Exposition are printed on paper of heavy,
durable quality, like boud paper in its
composition. They are 2± x Fi inches in
Visitors at the World’s Fair will have
an opportunity of witnessing a novel spec-
tacle in which the phonograph and the
photograph play a dual part
Before them will be displayed the faces
and forms of a class of pupils in Chicago,
taken by photograph, listening through
the tubes of the phonograph to a recita-
tion from a class in Milwaukee, a hundred
miles distant.
This innovation on ancient school
methods is wisely adopted. Any system
that will induce precision and accuracy <-f
enunciation will tend to prompt pupils to
further efforts in memorizing their school
tasks.
The general use of the phonograph as a
reference for pupils is advantageous.
The American School Board Journal of
Education, published at Milwaukee, in its
March number gives the following facts
in regard to the educational value of the
phonograph. It says :
‘‘Recent experiments have developed the
fact that the phonograph has a definite
educational value, and that at no distant
time it will find its permanent place in
the school-room. The many advantages
which the phonograph combines are grad-
ually attracting the attention of educators
in all parts of the world.
One of the most significant facts is the
use of the machine for educational ex-
hibition purposes at the World’s Fair.
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Steps have already been taken by boards
of education to show to the visitor not
only the results of the school room as to
writing, drawing^tc., but to present to
the visitor class work and actual recita-
tions as they are held in the school-room.
The uniqueness will at once become ap-
parent when the visitor, after having
examined specimens of penmanship, ex-
amples. in arithmetic, etc., finds himself
confronted with a photograph showing
the pupils, and a phonograph actually re-
producing their voices in clear, distinct
and natural tones.
In fact, the results of the school -room
are brought to the visitor as closely and
vividly as modern ingenuity is able to do
this.
The phonograph not only produces
every word that is spoken in the class
room, but gives the voices in their individ-
ual naturalness and parity. Recent tests
made both at Milwaukee and Chicago
have brought out some very interesting
facts.
The children and teachers in one school
are able to hear the class recitation of an-
other school.
This record can be duplicated and re-
produced on any phonograph. Thus the
children of a Chicago class-room recently
enjoyed the extreme novelty of listening
to a class recitation of a Milwaukee
school.”
An illustration is given on the preced-
ing page showing the taking of a record
•
before a class of Milwaukee children,
under the direction of a teacher. A large
receiving funnel or a number of receiving
tubes is placed upon the machine and the
sounds of the voices in the school room are
transmitted upon wax cylinders. These
Ltaeiinj? to the Recratioos of Scholars through the Phonograph.
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are called “ records ” and show only slight thirteen years old, his impersonation of
indentations upon their surface. that character was doubly admired by
They can be preserved for an indefinite press and public, from whom he received
time and used upon any phonograph. encomiums of praise. Preferring min-
The second illustration shows a class of strelsy to the drama, he entered that line
Chicago children in the act of listening to and remained several years singing with
the phonograph. They are delighted the best minstrel companies then in this
with what they hear in the school-room country.
located a hundred miles away, and both In 1871 he entered into partnership
surprised and pleased to learn that the with the scenic artists Simmons & Mor-
Milwaukee children are as bright and well gan (the late Matt Morgan of artistic
informed as’they themselves. fame) to exhibit a panorama of Ireland,
The phonograph will be the means of which was universally pronounced to be
securing au actual record of class-room the best artistic production on that sub-
work, from the songs of tender children ject ever exhibited. The financial crash
in the kindergarten class to the declama- of 1873 came, the Bhow business was gen-
tions in the high school. erally paralyzed, and Mr. Kelly then with-
— drew from professional life, and afterwards
returned to the boards in 1877, his last
engagement _ being »at the Buckingham
Theatre, Louisville, Ky., in 1887.
We have obtained, in response to nu- At present Mr. Kelly spends his spare
merous calls from our readers, a very nat- time in making records for The Ohio
ural and characteristic portrait of Mr. Phonograph Co., and writing songs,
Dan Kelly, of Cincinnati, who is so well sketches and drapias for the profession,
known to all users of the phonograph He commenced in the phonographic field
through his « PatfBrady ” series of Irish about three veanrwgf. with Shakespearian
humorous records, and present it here- recitations, and songs without accompani-
with, together with a short biographical ment.
notice of Mr. Kelly, which will be of in- The idea occurred to him that an irai-
terest to our readers. tation of a scene in court which he wit-
Mr. Kelly was bom in New York City nessed when a boy, would be the thing
January 22, 1842. His parents were both for the phonograph. .He immediately re-
vocalists, from whom he inherited a produced and recorded it on a cylinder,
peculiar and surprising vocal talent owing under the title of "Pat Brady’s plea in-
to its wonderful register, which, coupled his own defense^ a seers in the Police
with his mimicry, enables him to sing ac- Court in Hartford, Conn., between Pat
ceptably the heaviest bass or tenor vocal Brady, Mrs. Callahan and Judge Collier.
solos, negro plantation melodies, the Irish The record took well with the public,
“As Ps,” “Come all Ye's,” and “lam- which encouraged Mr. Kelly to try other
entations ” in the true and peculiar style subjects; and he soon succeeded in placing
of each race. before the patrons of the phonograph the
His first appearance on the public stage celebrated “Pat Brady ’ Beries, which
was in Wyatt’s Theatre, Hartford, Conn. , has been welcomed and enjoyed by the
in 1855, on which occasion he played the English speaking people of North Americj
part of Paddy Miles in the Irish farce of during the past three years.
“The Limerick Boy.” Being then only Where is there a phonograph in th<
A Noted Record Maker, Dan Kelly
of Cincinnati, O.
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364
United States or Can-
ada without a Brady?
The answer is, No-
where ! Wherever
mankind appreciates
the peculiar wit and
humor of Irish cha-
racter, that comical
Irishman, Pat Brady,
is always in demand,
and it is not at all
uncommon to see
ladies and gentlemen
standing in line be-
fore an automatic pho-
nograph in many of
our larger cities, await-
ing their turn to hear
him sing and talk.
Mr. Kelly not only
was the Originator of
these humorous pho-
nographic records, but,
notwithstanding his
many imitators, stands
to-day the acknowl-
edged head of all hu-
morous talkers for the
phonograph. There
are prolmbly no records
on sale that exceed
these in demand.
How Musical Records Are Made.
Entering the apartment represented in
the following illustration, the eye beholds
a scene so strange and unusual as to im-
press the beholder with the momentary
delusion that he has penetrated into some
chamber of necromancy belonging to
mythical history.
Great demijohns, glass jars, storage and
primary batteries, innumerable small-sized
and curious looking boxes, embellished
with tiny wheels, shafts, and governor
balls, stand on all sides, while in the center
of the room ar£ placed two grand pianos.
Dan Kelly. I
fronting which, at close range, pedestals
or tripods are located, surmounted by
Inure funnels with open mouths ready to
catch the sounds produced by the instru-
ments. It will be seen the horns are manu-
factured with large apertures to receive
sound, and taper off at the opposite end
to a small tube, which has the effect of
concentrating the vibrations and causing
them to fall upon the cylinders with great
force.
The interrogatory is often made to
us, “What is a musical record."’ To
which we reply, in technical language, it
is the cylinder used upon the phonograph
after it has received the almost imper-
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ceptible fund illations] "of the recording
needle as it catches and transfers the
sounds played from the instruments into
it. The theory and operation of the
phonograph are now well known- to the
public, but in order to define clearly the
term “record," we will state that any
cylinder upon which a succession of
sounds has its intaglio representation is
a “record.”
When a number of records are required of
an especially popular comjiosition/a dozen
the phonograph plays a concealed though
important part. One of these is intro-
duced in the picture in the shape of a
phonographic doll — within whose tiny
body a phonograph is concealecj, by turn-
ing the crank of which the youthful image
is made to repeat childish rhymes and
nursery songs.
The making of musical •records is an
industry which has assumed enormous
proportions, and special buildings have
been set apart for this purpose. It is a
View of Room where Records are Taken, fcdison Phonograph Woiks. Orange. N. J.
or more phonographs are ranged in a semi-
circle around the piano and impressions
are taken from the instrument through
the funnels, a dozen at a time, and these
are then duplicated by a secret process.
The duplicates are as clear and excellent
as the originals:
There are various mechanical wants
contrived to amuse the public, in which
well-known fact that many excellent musi-
cians Have given up their normal profes-
sion to carry on this new art, as it is found
to be more lucrative. Actors and actresses
utilize their spare time in reciting and
singing to the phonograph, and some very
beautiful music i< thus set before the
public. This is a luxury to many who do
not reside in the metropolis, where alone
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they would be enabled to listen to a Patti,
a Paderewski, a Dnse, or a Bernhardt.
The musical rgpertoire of the North
American Phonograph Company is in-
creased by this means, and the best talent
is secured to furnish music for the people.
Improvements are constantly being made
on board several crates of carrier pigeons
consigned to the poultry show recently
held in Madison Square Garden. There-
fore many hearts had beaten quicker
since the news came that several pigeons
had appeared, two of which were capt-
ured in Connecticut and one in New
to add to the clearness and volume of
these records, and reports come in that
they have attained a great degree of per-
fection.
The Phonograph at Sea.
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In mid- winter,' while tempests were
raging over almost the entire world and
the thermometer stood far below zero in
many of the northern States, a stately vessel
bearing a cargo of costly merchandise and
precious lives, put out to sea from a Euro-
pean port, to traverse the icy and tem-
pestuous main and reach a haven on the
American coast. .
Many of her kind had weathered the
storm and arrived safely at last, though
some met with irreparable losses eu route,
and valuable lives were swept from their
decks and sacrificed to the fury of the
waters. Holding these facts in view the
friends of the fated steamer watched for
her to appear, hoping against hope during
the long period which elapsed since she
became due. It was known that she had
York ; all being in an exhausted condition
and eating and drinking ravenously, but
although two of these birds had metal
bands attached to their feet bearing the
letter N inscribed on them, with the fig-
ures 7566 and 17601, it can only be sur-
mised as vet that these came from the
Xaronic.
This steamer possessed one or mdre
phonographs What has become of these?
Fancy pictures the instrument thrown
overboard as the vessel capsized, and sink-
ing to the ocean’s floor ; here, amid ma-
rine plants and shells, and surrounded by
curious arid wondering creatures of the
piscatory tribe, its weird music reverber-
ating through the aqueous element sur-
rounding it, the electric sprite which
dominates it impelling those notes to re-
sound with unearthly melody, the magic
mechanism discoursed to its audience.
•* And strange uneariiily creatures
Make marvel of her bull,
Where far below the gulfs of storm
There is eternal lull.”
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However thi3 be, we know that if sev-
eral records of the condition of the dis- ^ ^
abled vessel had been made by some co _ g
one on board capable of accomplishing ^ lfae ,
this— before the danger became imminent, terg tQ
and these waxen cylinders had been placed , >ro mptlv i
in tin cases constructed so as to be corked stance, but
like a bottle or jar, and sealed with rosin and easy to
or any other preparation that would ren- now 80 tr
der them water-proof, these cases floating ^^ontTn
along in the path followed by nearly all °
the steamers crossing the Atlantic, would Anot h er q
by this time have been discovered,
and we should now be in possession of A correi
some meagre details of the terrible catas- have at las
trophe ; or at any rate might gather from a M
the records of those looking their doom o{ dicta tin
in the face, facts going to suggest alter- rapher. 1
ations in the equipment or arrangement and ready
of other transatlantic liners that would rapher is i
save them from similar casualty. ting his sc
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It’s a Wise Man That Knows His Own man hears his own voice faithfully imi-
Voice. • tated he cannot recognize it.
Everything positively that relates to
In a room in the Stoc^JExchange Build- SO und is under the control of the phono-
ing the other evening, were gathered a graph. ^
dozen gentlemen who were looking with
interest at an object that stood in the
middle of the group. It resembled some-
what a small horizontal engine. The
spectators were guests who had been in-
vited to an exhibition of Edison's per-
fected phonograph.
The electrical wizard’s productions are
all known in a general way, and the usual
idea of the phonograph is that it can regis-
ter human spee< li and reproduce it Of
the wonderful power and well-nigh limit-
less scope of this perfected instrument
those present had m.t the faintest su?pi-
don. They were, therefore, somewhat
startled when the large reproducing fun-
nel was placed before the phonograph and
the cylinder was set in motion.
After numerous musical renditions of
popular airs. Lew's favorite cornet solo,
“ Nearer, My God, to Thee,” came forth
in magnificent volume and execution It
had been recorded by the North American
Fhonograph Company and sent from the
laboratory at Orange. N. J. Then every-
body was’ allowed to talk into the cylinder.
It turned regularly, not saying a word, but
faithfully recording every syllable uitered.
with every tone anil inflection. When all
had delivered their Httle mouologues,
separate transmitters were given to each
person present, and the reproduction of
their words began.
All were acquainted with the different
voices, and one of the gentlemen, far
quicker than the rest to catch the differ-
ent tones, told whose voice was being re-
produced immediately upon each change.
Half a dozen of the monologues had been
repeated, when he exclaimed :
“ There's an odd voice. Whose is it ? ”
A quiet laugh ran around the circle.
“ I can't understand it,” continued the way gua
gentleman, puzzled “I know everyone railway)
here, but I can't recognize this voice to is enter*
save my life ; I never heard it before.” IS, 1S93
“ Are von sure ? ” they asked him. any mea
** Positive : whose is it ? ” . knowled
“ Your own,” was the response. - train or
And so it was. A curious thing about route,
the human voice is the fact that when a alwavs
Is the Phonograph Difficult to Operate ?
Emphatically No. The little fellow
who is listening to the phonograph
through the ear- tubes, in the accompany^
ing illustration, will be three years old in
June. He is a great admi'rer of the
machine, and can put on a cylinder, start
the machine, adjust it, attach hearing
tubes, and attend to all the details of re-
producing mu-ical and. talking records,
without any assistance or direction what-
ever. He 'has listened to many hundred
different selections during the past year,
and as he has ’‘an ear for music,” is
familiar with all the popular pieces of the
day. and can sing the airs and sometimes
portions of the words of hif*~ favorite
pieces, thongh his pronunciation of them
is far from correct.
We have sometimes heard it said by
parties contemplating the purchase or
rental of a phonograph, “We w..uld be
delighted to have one at home for even-
ing entertainment, but we fear we could
never learn to operate it properly; it
seems to be so complicated.”
The experience of this little boy, and,
n^ doubt, of manyothei children through-
out the country, who are fortunate enough
to live in a home where the phonograph is
a member of the household (and the
number is rapidly increasing), should be
a sufficient answer to our inquiry. The
little fellow's name is Philip Gilbert
Andem, and he lives in Mount Auburn,
Cincinnati, O.
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numbered misadventure, and of accidents
resulting in financial losses, anxieties,
sickness, and fright. A remedy for such
a state of things woulcl - be a boon to the
human race and would be adopted in-
stanter by every railway in the world.
The Electrical Rerieic publishes on the
same page with the above-mentioned
article a mitice of an invention which,
cursorily examined, would seem to offer
an appliance adequate to the desired end,
but when analyzed is a sort of tucus a non
lucendo; that is to say, it does not meet
all the wants of the case.
In the Albanv cars it mav be easv to
see a tablet with the name of a street
printed on it, by reason of the fact that
the cars are not always crowded and are
probably not very long. But in New
Xork the rule is the reverse in both in-
stances ; besides which, many passengers,
who are aged, could not see any sign.
The proper method is to adopt a
system of announcing the names, by
means so entirely applicable to each
passenger that its workings will never
fail. What mechanism more capable of
rendering this service than the Edison
phonograph ?
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 13, 1893.
Mr. Henry F. Gilg, Manager Pitts-
burgh Typewriter Co., City.
Dear Sir: — R eferring to youi letter of
March 13th, I take pleasure in saying that
we have had two of your phonographs in
use since last August, one in my office
and the other in the stenographer's or
transcriber’s room.
When we first began the use of them,
we had some annoying difficulties, due to
our unfamiliarity with the machine, but
by exercising a little patience, these diffi-
culties gradually disappeared and for
some months past I have had the greatest
possible satisfaction with the use of the
phonograph.
The phonograph saves a great deal of
time for myself, as well as for the tran-
scriber ; in fact, without the use of the
phonograph we should have to employ an
additional stenographer.
While anyone who can operate a type-
writer can readily learn to transcribe from
the phonograph, my personal preference
would be to employ a stenographer as
transcriber, so that either method of dic-
tation can be employed, according to cir-
cumstances.
I cheerfully recommend tile phono-
graph as a valuable aid to all busy men.
Verv truly yours,
J. W. Marsh, V. P. & G. M.
Cabinets Made for J. Pierpont Morgan.
The accompanying cuts represent new
Testimonial Prom the Westinghouse styles of cabinets designed for and adopted ’
Cable Company to the Phonograph. by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. They are
. models of artistic beauty and may, there-
The vice-president and general manager fore, be introduced into the drawing room
of this important and old-established if desired. Plate No. 1 shows the machine
house, Mr. Joseph W. Marsh, has addressed ready for use. The phonograph is so in-
to Mr. Henry F. Gilg, manager of the serted as to be partly concealed, and the
Pittsburgh Typewriter Co., and agent for silver tubing is compactly arranged to
the North American Phonograph Com- afford facilities for eight or ten persons to
pany in that district, a communication on listen at one time.
the subject of the phonograph which is Plate No. 2 shows the cabinet closed,
couched in such well-chosen and com- Plate No. 3 is a cabinet designed to in-
THE PHONOGRAM. 371
such woods as may be required by pure has- With equal facility, but without preten-
ers — ebony, mahogany, walnut or oak; and sion, and because its value has been so
the models mav vary in other details to suit fully demonstrated as to silence question-
the tastes of those who wish to acquire ing^ the phonograph asserts its rights to a
them. place in the counting-room or place of
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Cabinet of J. Pierpont Morgan.— N".' 1.
Change.
• Nous awns change tout cela, says one of
Moliere's most famous characters ; airily
a upsetting with a few 'words a whole system
in medicine.
business of literary, scientific and com-
mercial circles.
True, it separates the typewriter and
the dictator, but then the ’former really
prefers a mechanical sp->kesman, and as
for the latter, why his valuable services
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are much more profitable in other fields.
The phonograph is usurpinglthe position
held for more than a past decade by the
stenographer, but then these changes
come in a sort of natural sequence when-
ever the demand for them is apparent, and
the sale of typewriters will by no means
bejlessened, while the phonograph comes
into its proper sphere. It is merely a
case of the “survival of the fittest."
to them a knowledge of the great truths
of Christianity.
The information reaches us through the
columns of the Methodist Recorder and
from the pen of Mr. J. F. Cowan, that the
arduous labors of Mr. Klein, a missionary
in Japan, should be relieved by the use of
a phonograph. Mr. Cowan says :
Cabinet Clos*-d. — No. 2.
The Phonograph in Missionary Work.
It is with pleasure that we learn of the
important assistance rendered by the
phonograph to the toiler in heathen lands
who is trying to enlighten the benighted
inhabitants of those far-off regions, by
teaching them school-l^re and imparting
.^Another thing comes to my mind just
now. Intelligence from our missionaries
in Nagoya, and a private communication
which the writer received from Dr. Clark
during his tour of missions in Japan, con-
firm the fact that Bro. Klein’s health is
in a very precarious state, and that lie
must have relief in some way from his
arduous labors, or else he will break down
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THE PHONOGRAM.
sntirely. .Some time ago (and I hope in the shape of a competent assistant, or
Bro. Klein will pardon me for revealing some such mechanical device as this, I
the confidence) reading an article of mine fear it will be too late. If no one is will-
in the Morning Guide upon my use of the ing to volunteer to go to Japan as a mis-
phonograph in my editorial work as a sionary, to relieve him of work and re-
labor-saving instrument, and later, after a sponsibility, why not use a phonograph as
conversation with Dr. Clark in reference a missionary, to share his work and
to the same matter, Bro. Klein conceived lengthen his usefulness to the church and
the idea that the use of the phonograph the cause of Christ? Some Catholic
in his school work and preaching and cor- friends recently did this for a priest in
respondence would be the blessed means Santiego. Why should we not do as much
of relieving what has proved a fearful for our laborers?
strain, both upon his evesight and his We trust these suggestions may find
Cabinet for Phonojrrapb Records. -No. 3.
favor with qlergy afTd laity of this noble
denomination and the sum necessary for
acquiring the instrument be secured, for
the purpose of presenting it to the* weary
missionary.
nerves, and wrote me some inquiries re-
specting prices and terms for the same.
Now I do not know that he will thank
me for dragging his name into this matter
and. making this suggestion, but I feel
like doing it upon my own responsibility.
Why would it not be a happy and blessed
thing for the Sunday-schools of our
churches to make ao oftering of 4150 by
which to provide Bro. Klein with a pho-
nograph, thus relieving the tension uj>on
his nerves and his eyes, and, perhaps, pro-
long his life and services to the church for
many years?
I drop this suggestion for what it is
worth. If relief is not sent to him soon
Improvements in Phonograph Records.
Every month brings with it a report
from some quarter in which the phono-
graph has enacted a new role. The latest
success achieved by it has been in the
offices of the New York Phonograph
Co., where the secretary, Mr. It T.
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Wow,” which is interpreted with odd
cries and ejaculations that are catching
and effective by this favorite actress, lias
been in great demand.
Another beautiful composition of Regi-
nald De Koven, “O Promise Me,” as a
cornet solo, was effective, played by mem-
bers of Gilmore's band, as were also selec-
tions from the “ Fencing Master ” and the
overture from the opera of “ Semira-
mide.”
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Some ten or more years ago, a group of
visitors were listening to its musical re-
productions in Mr. Edison’s private dfiice
at his laboratory, in Orange, N. J. He
dictated three hundred words to the wax
cylinder, which was revolving at the rate
of a hundred words a minute, while blue
and purple flames were
T playing around the sing-
i ing armatures. When
j the dictation was'finished
there was nothing visible
to the naked eye to show
. that human words were
U, . -engraved on the little
roller. But the touch of
Ss . a spring set the roller in
Hi motion, and this is what
WE '* the active little machine
“ These lines are taken
be* ou the phonograph ut
jH the laboratory, Lewellyn
Park, Orange. A num-
ber of gentlemen con-
nected with the press
LJHB came out to see the labor-
atory and the new
It is a suc-
flj J? 1 cess, and ii is the general
few H — ' opinion of all who have
— - iVY| seen the machine this
fcjpiPl j afternoon that the phono-
graph problem is solved."
’ — aS S ' It is ten years since
• ;p I • that message was sent.
Headquarters of the North American
Phonograph Co.. Edison Building, New
York; Masonic Temple, Chicago.
The remarkable success of the phono-
graph brings the magician, Edison, again
before the world, at this important epoch
in the history of our countrv.
Edison Building, NVw York
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brought to the 'notice of mankind, it
was treated as a curious, scientific toy. as
the electric telegraph and the telephone
had been before it. Nobody dreamed that
the phonograph would ever possess a com-
mercial value beyond that of a parlor rifle
invention received from its inventor the
thoughtful attention to which it was en-
titled. Turning it over with quizzical
curiosity, he saw its slumbering forces, its
hidden uses. A company was organized
in England, advertisements of phono-
A Corner in Main Office of the North American Phonograph Co.. New York.
or a bagatelle-board. The wizard of graphic winders were cabled across'to us,
Menlo Park was too busy with other and EdisJii parted with the control of
sorceries to give time to the development the foreign right, the American privilege ~
°f the real resources of the phonograph, being also absorbed by the North Ameri-
and ho cast it aside as one of the little can Phonograph Co.
things with which he might while away a The handsome structure erected by the
leisure hour. But the time came when the Edison General Electric Co., fronting
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on Broad street and running through finest electric plants for lighting ever
to New street, New York, is the home of erected in this country. The offices of
Transcribing from Phonograph In Office of the North American Phonograph Co., New York.
this company. The front of the building
is’of marble, terra cotta and brick, and in
the "sub-basement '-is* located one of the
l
the North American Phonograph Co.
are located on the second floor of this
building ; they consist of the office.
THE PHOXOGR, 1 M
for general business, the vice-president’s street. The phonograph is largely ex-
private office, the treasurer’s room, the ploited in this part of the country. The
parlor devoted to meetings of the Board educational department under Major
of Directors, and an office set apart for the Clancy, as we have stated, possesses great
advertising department. The accompany- attraction for the public and also for the
ing cuts give a view of a corner of the educational institutions of the country
main office, where may be seen phono- at large, and will play an important part
graphs and typewriters in readiness for at the World’s Fair,
business purposes. The officers of the North American
This office is an industrial hive in which Phonograph Co. are: Thomas A. Edison,
a perpetual stream of visitors occupies the president; A. 0. Tate, vice-president;
attention of the
clerks.
The main office
of the North
American Pho-
nograph Co., at
Ch.cago, is in
the line structure
known as Mason-
ic Temple. The
plate on page 382
shows the front
view of this of-
fice, which is six-
ty feet in length
by twenty in
width, and is fit-
ted up for the
display of phono-
graphs designed
for commercial
and social uses.
Other depart-
ments of the
business are lo-
cated elsewhere ;
the wareroom
and shipping de-
pa r t m e n t on
South Water
street, the office
and show room
on State street,
and the musical
record depart-
ment on Dickie
Headqua*ters of the Korth American Phonograph Co., Ma«onic Temple, Chicago
380
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%
Thomas R. 'Lombard, general manager ;
Cleveland Walcott, secretary ; Thomas
Butler, treasurer, 'and Scott Tremaine,
assistant treasurer.
ventor seem to have been unremittingly
applied to the problem of how best to
lighten the labors of toilers. To this end
he studies the introaction of nature’s
Tho*. A."Edt*on, President of the North American Phonograph Co.
We presume amongj the millions of forces, making these his agents to cause
■visitors to the Columbian Exposition there movements in inert matter that accom-
will scarce be one unacquainted with the plish what man alone has not the physical
name and fame of Thomas A. Edison. power to effect.
The mental energies of the great in- A man cannot speak so as to be heard at
_ THE PHONOGRAM. 381
:i distanco"of several hundred miles — nor therefore, the whole world owes a debt of
can ^written characters be transported gratitude.
thousands of miles in a few minutes, ex- The title of vice-president is frequently
cept through the inventions of Mr. Edison, an empty honor, and the office it represents
I Man profits by the illuminating properties a sinecure ; but in the case of Mr. Tate,
* of electricity and indeed by all the various who comes next to Mr. Edison in respon- •
! roles that agency is made Jo enact, through sibility, it means that a trust has been be-
\ the thorough comprehension and applica- stowed on a person known to possess those
I tion he has made of its energies. To him. qualifications which guarantee efficiency
A. O. Tate, Vice-President of the North American Phonoirrapb Co.
♦ .
382 THE PHONOGRAM
and good judgment in ihe line of duties evidence of the appreciation of his excellent
imposed upon him or Mr. Tate is a services by the company to whom he owes
worker, both with hand and brain. this well-deserved advancement.
Mr. Thomas R. Lombard, the general The financial interests of the company
manager of the North American Phono- are well managed by Mr. Thomas Butler,
grapli Co., holds an office whose sphere who is in charge of the department where
includes the business of this association fidelity and exactness are the qualifications
b°th in New \ ork and Chicago. most in demand. To secure the office of
l*rom the very foundation of theorgani- treasurer of an association of such import -
From View of Office of the North American Phonograph Company, Chicago,
i f •
zation, his position has been a prominent
and responsible one, and for this reason,
as well as by reason of his talents, cultiva-
tion and mental superiority, he is particu-
larly adapted to the post. It goe3 without
saying that he brings to the duties of the
office a vast experience in men and affairs.
Mr. Cleveland Walcott has been con-
nected with the company since its organi-
zation, and his promotion ,to the office of
secretary from a clerical position, is an
unce, one must merit the confidence there-
by reposed.
He is ably assisted by Mr. Scott Tre-
maine, who was elected a director in the
North American Phonograph Co. some
two years ago, and was afterwards ap-
pointed auditor for the home office and
the various sub-companies. During the
present month the Board of Directors
tendered to Mr. Tremaine the post of
assistant treasurer, which he now holds.
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a
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install
New York, giving consecutive
ment8 of new music recorded by their ar-
tists at the large building set apart for
this purpose, 5b East Thirteenth street.
These comprise
many beautiful and
choice selections, of
which the following
are especially fine : *
Clarionet solo, It.
K. Franklin, soloist: *
Selection from w
the Ballet- of Ma-
Home.”
Vocal selections :
“ Marguerite,” Cleveland waicott.
Gounod, Id Fran- ^'Eo.S‘, l lor‘“°
cis, tenor soloist.
“ The Son-' that Touched My Heart,”
Ed Clarence, oaritone soloist.
Points on the Automatic Reproducer.
We have received a great many aueries
about the “ Automatic Reproducer/’ as it
is called, and for the benefit of our readers
we beg to set forth a few points in relation
to the device. • ‘ ♦- - * —
It differs from tluj, regular phonograph
Speaker (or diaphragm) in the /follow-
ing : —
It has no recording stylus, and, owing
Thomas R. Lombard. General Manager, North American
Phonograph Co.
Musical Bulletins
Weekly bulletins are issued by the
North American Phonograph Co., at
their building, No. 44 Broad street.
Scott Tremaine, Actant Treasurer, North American
Phonograph To.
Thomas Butler, Treasurer, North American
Phonograph Co.
3S4
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to its form 'of construction, cannot be fit-
ted with one.
The weight, which is much heavier and
larger* .than that of~a Speaker, is swung
from the lower edge of the cup instead of
from the upper, thus changing the ful-
crum of the arm to which the sapphire
reproducing ball is attached. Besides
this change in its relative position the
hinge at the point where the weight at-
taches to the cup is so arranged as to al-
low of a lateral or ‘-wobbling” motion,
matic Reproducer obviates this little diffi-
culty as it follows these irregularities
without getting out of the track made by
the recording stylus.
Our attention has been called to cases
where this device failed to work automati-
cally, and upon careful investigation of
this apparent defect we find that it is
almost always due to outside causes, such
as dirt or gummed oil upon the sapphire
arm and crosshead (the little brass disc
which fastens to the diaphragm glass),
A
A Corner Id Office of the North American Phonograph Company, Chicago.
the fulcrum sapphire arm having also
considerable play from side to side. This
Ioo8e-jointednes8, as it might be called,
allows the reproducer ball to drop into the
groove made by the recorder without ex-
ternal aid and to remain there by its own
pliability, even though there may be some
irregularities in thenrecord.
At times a great deal of trouble is ex-
perienced by the record of coin-slot
machines getting ont of adjnstmeqt, either
through sudden changes of -temperature
or defective record-making. ^ The Auto-
Bometimes, also, its cause lies in the same
trouble with the hinge of the weight.
This gummy substance can be easily re-
moved by using a small brush dipped in
benzine, and good results can be obtained
by the application of a very small amount
of watch oil at these points, after thor-
oughly cleaning them as above. Care
must be exercised, however, to avoid get-
ting any of the oil upon the sapphire as it
will cause dust to accumulate on the
records and make the reproduction sound
scratchy.
THE PHONOGRAM.
Somel Pacts ’.Relating to the Early associates that often they worked for
Development of the Phonograph. twenty- four and even fifty consecutive
hours, and when at length they were over-
come by fatigue which could no longer be
We print in this issue of The Piioxo- fought off, they sometimes quietly sought
gram a group picture of seven men who nooks and corners of the laboratory and
rendered valuable services to Mr. Edi- threw themselves down for the so greatly
son in the mechanical perfection of the needed sleep.
phonograph. The photograph from It has been told of Edison that occa-
which this picture was made was taken at sionally at such times he would leave the
the Edison laboratory in June, 1888. Mr. laboratory and hire a band to go back and
Edison is seated behind the table in the play to his comrades until they were
center. The men with him are Col. Geo. awakened. Sometimes, too, when his
E. Gouraud, W. K. L. Dickson. -A. Tlieo. associates were so worn out that they felt
E. Wangemann, Clias. Batcholder, Fred they must go home for rest and sleep,
Ott, John F. Ott and C. II. Brown. Some Edison would lock the doors of the labor-
of these had special duties to perform, atory and tell them that they must stay
Colonel Gouraud was acting as European until the work wa# completed,
agent. Dr. Wangemann was the musical It was while he was working in this
expert, and had charge of the record de- fashion on the phonograph that a friend
partment; W. K. L. Dickson, his artist, of Edison, who was visiting the great
assisted by C. H. Brown, was a long and electrician at his laboratory, aBked him
trusted lieutenant ; Clias. Batchelder was what’time it was,. Edison replied that he
the first manager of the factory where the did not know.
perfected phonograph was made, and Fred “ here s. your, -watch ? asked ns
Ott did a great deal of work in connection friend. • ,
with the phonograph, his wonderful skill “ Watch ? ” said Edison, “ I never had
in the mechanical line making him one of any watch. I doo t want to know how
Edison's favorites. They were associated time goes.” \
with the wizard of electricity in his efforts Finally the phonograph was completed,
to construct a machine which would re- imperfectly at first, bpfc quickly improve .
produce the tones of the human voice When it was finished and Edison had the
exactly as they were uttered, with all machine which would reproduce the human
niceties of articulation and inflection. At voice, he wanted^to try it by the voice of
first they lacked something of the fervor every fiuman being he saw. One night
which possessed the great inventor him- when he went home he saw his baby, still
self, but they had not been working with a wee small chick, asleep in its crib, he
him very long before they all became im- caught up the child and hurried back to
bued with the enthusiasm which inspired the laborator ywith it bent on seeing how
Edison, the zeal which nerves men for the phonograph would reproduce its coo-
tremendous efforts, and enables them to ing and its crying. But the baby had m-
sustain great and long continued strain, herited too much of its father’s good
Edison himself seemed never to tire. His nature to assist at the experiment. It
strength was derived from the peculiar obstinately refused to cry until at last the
inspiration which impels such men to inventor forgot his feeling for his child in
conquer magnificent tasks. The infec- his enthusiasm for his machine and began
tion of it so thoroughly possessed his to. pinch the baby. Mrs. Edison found
BY O. K. DAVIS
The picture of this group of men is a velous inventions which will go down to
memorable one. The men who compose history as the wonders of the nineteenth
it were the first to become inspired with century.
Group of Night Workers, with Edison at ihe rhonograph.
THE PHONOGRAM.
McGill University of Canada, as also of
the best songs of famous operatic artists
who have appeared there.
The Missionary Society of the Wesleyan
W 90 90
University are arranging to hold a meet-
ing which will be addressed by mission-
aries from all parts of the world. I have
been employed to take phonograph
records of these speeches previous to their
departure, and these farewell words will
be despatched to all parts of Canada and
reproduced from the phonograph by an
agent, thus saving great labor, time and
expense to the persons engaged in this
noble work, who formerly were obliged
personally to visit all the principal towns
and cities in the Dominion.
The Edison Phonograph in Canada
Mr. A. Bryce, who has succeeded the
Holland Brothers as agent f*>r the Edison
phonograph in Canada, writing from his
section, says, in regard to the commercial
machine : This hitherto neglected field of
industry is now being pushed with vigor.
The musical phonograph has for two
years past attracted wide-spread attention
and kept our entire force busy attending
fairs, concerts, lectures, etc., where it
was introduced as an especial feature. Re-
cently, however, I have devoted my time
to placing the commercial phonograph,
and with great success.
I have just sold two commercial outfits
to the general manager of the Grand _
.... Hungarian Telephonic News Service.
Trunk Railway. There are twelve or fif-
teen firms who are waiting to hear the re- The Viennese' correspondent of the
suits of his experience with the instru- Standard announces the appearance of
ment, before deciding to purchase. The a telephonic journal at Buda-Pesth.
assistant general manager, Mr. Percy, has For the moderate sum of three francs
already declared his intention of intro- (about seventy-five cents) per month,
ducing it into all their principal offices, so subscribers 'reaeive at their homes the
pleased are they with results. latest political, local and comrner-
I must tell you of an interesting social cia^news, ■whuffi’ Rr'e telephoned to them
organization that exists in Montreal, hav- from the central office. This office
ing for its object the acquisition and pres- (or bureau) conducts two services ;
ervation of all literature and observances that of superintendence, which receives
among the native population which tends the telegraphic-, communications and
to characterize the Frankish people. Its classes them, and that of publication,
title is the “ Folk Lore Society ” and its where experienced operators transmit the
mission is to take note of all customs, rites, bulk of the manuscripts that have been
etc., such as street cries and the like. despatched to then^, from hour to hour
Many prominent citizens are at the Service begfna_at eight o’clock in the
head of this association, since it is not morning and continues till nine in the
conducted merely as a source of amuse- evening. -This innovation will be greatly
ment, but to aid in solving problems con- appreciated in the Hungarian capital.
nected with biology and kindred sciences. The Phoxooram adds this suggestion
I have recorded the street cries of every that ib case of the absence of a subscriber,
race and creed, which were given to me at the usual hour for dispatching the
by this Society, and the cylinders contain- messages, all telephonic news could be re-
ing them have been transmitted to Bos- corded on phonographs conveniently
ton to be shown at the World’s Fair in placed to receive them in the homes of
Chicago. I have also taken records of the the patrons, and thus avoid much corn-
principal speeches made at the celebrated plication.
388 * . - THE PHONOGRAM.
Shorthand Cripples Enemies to the courses. This kind of charlatanry will
Profession. always result in delusions. ”
The following from the address of Dr. <#, ^ r
Karl Albrecht, before the International New Designs in Cabinets.
Shorthand Congress at Munich, is clipped
from the Phonographic World: The cuts following represent new cub-
*■' He who withholds unqualified per- inets in which the phonograph may be
sons from entering the stenographic field inserted. They are a great improvement,
renders a greater service to our cause than on those formerly manufactured. The
Phonograph Cabiuet, No 1.
the teacher who mechanically turns out North American Phonograph Co. will
hundreds of shorthand cripples. Do not make, a large display of these cabinets
spread the idea that the acquirement of in different woods at the Columbian Ex-
tlie art is a very easy thing. By so doing position.
you are advocating an investment of time The points of excellence are as follows :
aud money under false pretenses. You The body of the cabinet does not extend
sin against the person as well as against to the ground, but is mounted on carved
the cause. Shorthand cripples are its legs and rises in an arch from one section
most dangerous enemies, as they will nat- to the other, thus preventing injury to
urally attribute their failure to ‘insur- that portion which formerly rested on the
m>untuhle difficulties ’ of which they had floor and was subject to being scraped by
not been aware. Such misrepresentations the feet of persons using it, or by the ac-
g.» iiand in hand witlf. so-called rapid tion of cleansing the floor.
The Phonogram Club. together persons who use the phonograph
habitually, and by giving them such in-
This is a new and useful association formation concerning the purposes of the
founded by public-spirited citizens of Chi- club and the work carried on as shall in-
cago, intended to promote a knowledge of duce them to join.
the instrument from which it takes its The conditions of membership are that
name, to advance the interests of those persons shall be practical operators of A the
persons who are members of the club and phonograph, and exert their influence in
extend the use of the machine. securing additions of new members.
Phonograph Cabinet, No. 2. ^
#
This club was organized in February, In its social aspect the Phonogram Club
1893, and has had three regular monthly is attractive; offering always entertainment
meetings and special meetings on every of the most agreeable sort through its mu-
Friday evening since its inception. sical artists and imparting the latest in-
Ithas now enrolled about forty members, formation as to improved methods of op-
and we are informed that many persons erating and hints as to the care of the
are seeking membership in its ranks. phonograph. The ladies are especially
A special function of this club is to aid welcomed, and they make desirable mem-
in increasing the membership by bringing bers.
No plan could be better than that formed
bv this cluthto advance the interests of the
w x ^
instrument Each member is an advertis-
ing agent who proclaims its merits, and
often instructs in all matters essential to
familiarity with it. The regular monthly
meetings occur on the fourth Friday eve-
ning at eight o'clock, the session lasting
from one to two hours. Weekly meetings
are also held on Friday evening of each
week, except on the evening designated
for the monthly meeting. The officers
consist of a president, vice-president, sec-
retary, and treasurer. They hold office
An Admirable Statement of the Merits
of the Phonograph.
Dr. <T. F. Cowan, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
whose labors in literary and professional
fields are widely known" and appreciated,
expresses his views with regard to the
phonograph very clearly in a letter to
Mrs. Marietta Holley (Josiah Allen’s wife),
the popular authoress, of Adams, Jeffer-
son County, X. Y., and we think his
reasoning and statistics as to its quali-
ties speak so highly in its favor that we
give it in full.
A Natural Tie
This letter was receuily published in
The Financier, the reliable and excellent
journal devoted to all large interests from
a financial standpoint, at No. 5 Broad-
way, N. Y. :
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 15, 1SJ*3.
Mrs. Marietta Holley,
Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Dear Madam : — Your favor of the
Sth at hand and contents noted. First
let me thank you for your kindness in
answering the questions propounded to
you. I have no doubt you are troubled
with a great many solicitations, and it is
exceedingly gracious in you to give atten-
tion to the matter.
In reference to the phonograph, allow
me to enclose to you a printed slip, pub-
/rom the date of the election until Janu-
*rv 1st of the year following.
The Phonogram has been declared
their official organ, and is a welcome ac-
cession. ........
The Phonogram suggests that similar
organizations be formed in other cities for
the benefit of this art, just as the many
stenographic associations have conduced
greatly to the knowledge and introduction
of shorthand. In this way they add to the
strength of the association and exercise a
powerful influence, and control matters
affecting their special interests.
United by Common Interests.
The pretty engraving here shown is em-
blematic of the relations existing between
the typewriter and the phonograph, which
in the nature of things must remain in-
dissoluble. ‘
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lisbed some lour or five months ago, set- moments. My wife has learned to use it
ting forth my own methods of work and equally as well as myself. The wax cylin-
experience with the phonograph as a help ders
in literary labor. In addition to what is
therein stated, I am pleased to 'sav that
after a year’s experience with the phono-
graph I have nothing to retract from my
first statement, but rather I would add
that it continues to prove the most wel-
come, time-saving, labor-saving and
money-saving assistant I have ever em-
ployed in my work. I am still using two
phonographs ; one in my office in the city
of Pittsburgh, and the other in my home
in Beaver Falls, Pa., where I do .most of
my dictating, while the transcribing is
done from the other instrument iu the
office. I do fifty per cent more work than
I did when dictating to a stenographer.
And whereas, a good stenographer cost
me from $50. 00 per month upwards, the
services of a good typewriter, who needs
no further technical knowledge to be adopted it upon
able to transcribe from the phonograph'
than can be acquired in an hour's use of
it, can be had from $20.00 to $30.00.'*
The difference thus saved would soon pay
for the instrument.
In replying to your questions in rota-
tion, let ine say :
1. I understand the phonograph is not
now rented as it was for a number of
years, but the policy of the company is to
sell outright. The former rental for a
phonograph with an electric battery and
motor was about #7 00 per month, the
company being responsible for repairs and
for recharging the battery ; that for a eyesight and much of the nervous tension
phonograph run with a treadle like a sew- incident to working by other methods,
ing machine was $3.75 per month. T]>e 'And as. I. state in my printed article, after
motor phonograph is now sold for $180.00, dictating for three or four hours con ecu-
including battery, and the treadle phono- tively, I feel almost as fresh as when I sat
graph for $150.00. They are very simple down to the phonograph,
in operation and easily kept in order. I believe I have answered all your in-
The one I have had in my house nearly quiries, and it has given me great pleas-
a year has never needed any repairs except ure to do so. I shall be only too happy to
such as I could make myself in a very few render one of my favorite authors a ser-
or blanks upon which records arc
made cost $3.00 per dozen, and hold from
400 to 1,000 words each, according to the
rapidity with which one dictates. After
the records have been transcribed upon
the typewriter, they are pared off auto-
matically by means of a knife attached to
the machine, and the blanks used as many
as twenty times or more. Thus, putting
the capacity at 500 words per cylinder, at
a cost of $3.00 one could dictate- 120,000
words. This is all the expense for oper-
ating the phonograph, except a few drops
of oil each day, and the instrument ought
to wear a lifetime.
Rev. Dr. Stall, associate editor of the
Lutheran Observer, Philadelphia, chanced
to read my sketch of my own work, and
at once entered into, correspondence with
me in reference to the phonograph. He
my recommendation, and
is now~uqpig two, one at his office and one
at his home, and should you write him for
an eypW.«#MrtJ,’I am sure he would tell you
he is highly delighted with its workings,
ami finds himself already able to do much
more work*than he ever dreamed of doing
before. He, and I occasionally exchange
cylinders by mail and have the pleasure
of hearing one another's voices.
At first, of course, dictating in this way
is a little awkward, but as soon as one be-
comes *u sgd to it, it is the easiest manner
of working imaginable. I find myself re-
lieved from baq}c-ache, strain upon the
t % . % « flat ^ •
THE PHONOGRAM.
Whenever a novelty in the field of busi-
ness is placed before the public at any
point, Poughkeepsie is always on the alert
to secure it for the delectation of her
citizens, who respond to the efforts made
in their behalf by largely patronizing it.
This has been repeatedly the case in the
matter of educational institutions organiz-
ing musical reunions, establishing places
of amusement and entertainment, and
providing remedies and medical treatment
for invalids.
Recently one* of Poughkeepsie’s public
spirited firms has gone a step further. The
Smith Brothers, manufacturers of the
celebrated cough drops, over a thousand
tons of which are sold during the year,
have erected a building containing a fine
restaurant, to which is annexed a parlor
for ice cream and soda water, and an ele-
gant room with a capacity for accommodat-
ing a hundred and fifty guests, in which
music is often furnished to entertain
them.
The phonograph having secured a place
in the esteem of the firm, this beautiful
room, where costly chandeliers and paint-
Anoyiei j„g S contribute to the enjoyment of its
e; to his patrons, was obtained by Mr. George B.
accurate L u ]p manager of the Automatic Exljibi-
levice is t j on phonograph, for the New York Co.,
pewritei an( j an exhibition machine placed therein,
re allied ^j gg j enn j e yj r Valen, of Poughkeepsie,
jxcellent operated this instrument, and her daily
programmes were received with great de-
* light bv the audiences.
The Smith Brothers, who were at first
The Phonographic World says: “Not- Ipath to introduce the phonograph, finally
withstanding the fact that thousands of agreed that it should be retained for the
‘shorthand writers’ have been ‘gradu- season, and it was not only the leading at-
ated’ from hundreds of schools all over traction, but proved to be the best paying
the country during the past ten years, it exhibition phonograph ever displayed out-
is as difficult in this country to secure the side of New York City,
services of a really competent stenographer The popular resort of this firm is a land-
as it was ten years ago.” mark on the Hudson, and the great factory
Ties that Bind
THE PHONOGRAM
393
where the celebrated cough drops are
manufactured is also an interesting spot
to visit. It is said that the demand for
these drops is so great that the factory
does not begin to accommodate the hands
needed to prepare them, and therefore a
delivery wagon is used to distribute the
drops in fifty-pound lots to the houses of
ing. These have proved efficacious. The
phonograph exerted such a pleasant in-
fluence upon the guests who visited the
Smith Brothers’ restaurant, that it became
in demand in other places in the town,
and we find it in the establishment of
Lucky & Platt, handled by an intelligent
and swift operator, Miss Jennie Lawrence,
A Group Listening to the Phonograph at Smith Bros., Poughkeepsie.
their employees, where small pasteboard
boxes are filled and labeled ready for the
shipping clerk.
A ten-pound box was forwarded to Mr.
Lull, to be placed in the music room of
the Xew York Phonogiaph Co., where so
many artists are employed to make musi-
cal records, as a remedy for the tickling
in the throat produced by continued sing-
also in the hotels and in the Hudson
River ’Railroad .depot.
Mr. Eddie Gilmore made a great success
of the phonograph at Highland Falls,
across the river.
The enterprising firm of Smith Brothers,
who first adopted the phonograph, have
sent us a souvenir, in the shape of the pict-
ture herewith presented to our readers.
THE PHONOGRAM
The Infringement of Editorial Rights
Patience is a virtue which like its fel- stinctively yield to
l6wg must be exercised with discretion, but in the few inst:
It is not always right to u turn the other course has been pui
cheek ” or “give the coat also ' ' ; because cited to retaliate, nc
in the majority of questions in which we but fTOrtTa sense of
are called upon to take action, or make a ~
decision, the rights of others besides our- Dl ^**° n f or Qper
selves are involved, and we are compelled Nickel in the Sl<
to defend them at the cost of sacrificing _
our personal interests and desires. The To Set Phonogra
ethics of any disputed matter may be right-hand screw
changed by attending circumstances. front of top of case
We are led to make these observations slip out the rod 2.
by reason of the gross editorial discourtesy, Take out the s<
to call it by the mildest term, practised plate at the back of
toward The Phoxohkam by the Elect ri- graph and replace j
cal Age, a journal published in New To Operate. — Af
York, and having its headquarters at the nections see that
Pulitzer Building. presses lightly on i
This magazine having applied to us for that the armature,
permission to insert on its pages the cuts connections, 5, on
published by The Phoxookam and made trical connection u
expressly for its use, showing the offices, action inside case,
workshops, laboratory, etc., of Mr. Edison, lease of nickel, thai
at Orange, N. J., and the request being motor shaft wheel
granted on condition that the same should screws where arnia
be accredited to us, what was our surprise pressure of brass w
on beholding in the columns of The Age, wheel is regulated,
not onlv the cuts, but the long article in- this adjustment sh
dited by the editor of The Phonogram, When nickel is
at a great expense of time, travel and re- makes an electrl
search ; and the whole thing blazoned to causes magnet to
the world as the handiwork of The Elec - This brings brass
trical Age— since it was not credited to connection, whicl
the real author. • ' The bras< wheel, 3
Now, we do not scruple to call a spade tional contact with
by its right name when the necessity arises winds up cord atta
for such action, and we are sustained in At bottom of le’
our course by that sterling journal The electrical contacts
Electrical Review, which in a similar case, thus freeing armat
exposes (in its issue of April 1, 1893), the To Adjust Re
misdemeanor of a contemporary and metes phragm arm over
out justice to the delinquent in terms both exact point at whii
forcible and suitable. should meet recorc
In general, the editorial fraternity have tion at bottom of
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Phonograph with "Wright” Action
[against this hinged con- to the fiber, and by means of filing the
edge oi the springe. They should be filed
lection carries the cur- at such an angle as will cause the stop-
,he phonograph after it page of any'lead slugs the size of a nidcel.
by connection^, 5, on Ev^n when the springs are close together,
if they are not filed at proper angles, slug3
adjusted and tested, but can be -forced through,
les disarranged in ship- Some of the contact points are brass,
few points regarding some silver. Clean occasionally with fine
slot are here given : emery cloth.
ction — Admits of very Nickel lift of diaphragm arm of phono-
ind can be so set that an graph should be taken off.
lickel will operate the When device is once properly adjusted
iremelv worn nickel, and it seldom if ever needs any attention.
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Nature id God’s Phonograph.
' The other day I received a letter from a
friend which was not at all like any other
letter you ever saw. It was not written
on a sheet of paper and folded in an en-
velope and sealed and addressed me with
a stamp on one corner. It came wrapped
up in soft cotton in a little wooden, box,
and when I opened it and saw what it was,
I did not sit down and read it with my
eyes as yon would read a letter. But I.
put the brown cylinder of wax upon the
spindle of a machine, which made it
quickly revolve, and then inserted a couple
of small tubes in my ears, and actually
listened to the voice of a friend who was
then over three hundred miles away in the
city of Philadelphia. I heard his tones as
distinctly and naturally although he were
standing' by my side. It was done by the
help of the wonderful Edison phonograph.
And then I thought if it is possible for
a man to invent a piece of mechanism by
means of which he can store up his voice
in a cylinder of wax, and send it across
the country hundreds of miles, or even
across continents and oceans and around
the world if he washed, or lay it up and
have it preserved for hundreds of years so
that his great, great, great, great, great-
grandchildren might hear the tones of his
voice, how much easier it is for God to
speak to us by impressing his messages
upon everything around us, so that, as
David says, “ Day unto day uttereth
speech,” and we cannot look upon a blade
of grass, or the leaf of a tree, or hear the
rippling brook, or the song of the bird, or
the wind rustling among the leaves, with-
out recognizing it as the voice of our heav-
enly Father.
All nature is God’s phonograph. Ages
ago He spoke into the rocks, and the dia-
monds and the river beds, and the coal
mines, and the oil wells, and the gas wells,
and some of the tones of His voice, which
speaks of care and kindness for his creat -
ures, are just being reproduced to our
ears.
The wonderful Bible is another cylinder
in God's phonograph. He breathed upon
prophets, and kings and poets, and sing-
ers, and apostles, and the impressions
made upon them were reproduced, and
are still being reproduced, so that the Word
of God is eternal, and nothing- can destroy
it, or take it away.
We shall soon begin to look for Spring.
The birds will begin to fly northward, and
the flowers swell and the buds upon the
trees, and the sap will flow up from the
roots, and ihe wind will blow from the
south, and the snow heaps and ice melt
away, the frost come out of the ground,
and the earth clothe herself in beauty,
but that will only be another cylinder of
God's wonderful phouograph. The laws
and forces which make the changes of sea-
sons He impressed upon nature ages and
ages ago, and the revelations of time bring
His vohse back to us. Let us try to hear
God’s voice all around us. Soou the earth
and air will be teeming with life and
bcautv. He is the Author of it all . — Our
Morning Guide.
The Columbian Exposition from* a
Moral, Intellectual and Political
Standpoint.
The Columbian Exposition, which was
intended not only to commemorate the
unparalleled event from which arose the
great Union of States whose prosperity is
now en evidence, but also to afford an op-
portunity to the nations to judge of the
progress attained by the people of this
continent as compared with that of others,
will serve a further purpose, possibly not
designed by those originating the scheme,
yet of universal importance, namely, a
favorable occasion to study the effect pro-
duced upon the human race by a govern-
mental system founded upon the principle
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known as a recognition of the rights of
man.
Close observation of the results reached
under forms of government and religion
differing from those prevailing in America
have led many minds to the belief that a
multiplicity of laws, either constitutional
or proceeding from a duly recognized
source, tend to hamper and sterilize the
being to whom the lordship and sovereign-
ty of the fields and woods was given. The
race in which the individual works out his
own destiny untrammeled by oppression of
any sort and at the same time fostered
and stimulated by the genial influences
and inspiring tenets of Christianity, will
be the dominant one. It will do all and
dare all. The land where invidious dis-
tinctions assume shape, where riches erect
a barrier between man and his fellow,
where the ties that should bind all human-
ity together as one family are ignored, will
never become the leader of others.
An individual reared amid constraining
influences and repressive habits of thought
and action experiences upon entering the
United States sensations wholly new. His
ideas seem to soar, his being to be uplift-
ed. We cannot say with Shakespeare that
“he doth suffer a sea-change,” yet we may
borrow from a French writer the trite sim-
ile, “ he has taken a new lease of life.”
He becomes interested in all around him :
the fields, the trees, the rivers, the ]>eople
are his own, and' he is one of them. His
eye and movements are animated, he in-
vestigates, he reasons ; someone stretches
out the hand of a brother, and then he has
a career before him. Soon he enters with
enthusiasm into the plans and projects of
friends, and, uniting with them, he ex-
ploits a mine, builds a bridge, or constructs
a railway. Should his talent lie in the
opposite direction he may become a votary
of science, and, following the shining ex-
amples before him, invent some new sys-,
tern that will inure to the benefit of man.
as does the electric light, or some appa-
ratus which, like the telegraph or phono-
graph, may serve as man’s aid and exponent.
His efforts to rise are not frowned upon,
but encouraged. In such an atmosphere
the faculties and spirit expand, and as the
climatic conditions of fierce cold and fierce
heat existing in America enforce activity
of mind and body, he will soon perceive
that the hand of nature and the hand of
man conspire to stir up within him that
spirit of expansion which renders the
American so confident, bo hopeful and so
energetic.
Chicago is a noble example of American
expansion ; 6he is the evidence of that
hardihood, endurance and courage which
neither •conflagrations, nor tempests, nor
anarchy, nor dispiriting local influences
could daunt. She lias-pursued the work
of the Columbian Exposition with a vigor
and fearlessness that neither jealousy, nor
apathy, nor fraud could restrain ; and ver-
ily 8he hath het reward.
Within her^iorders stands a second city,
whose halls’ rbsound with the grandest
music*ever heard, and with the voices of
saintly men and# women intent upon the
conquest of the human heart and the
elevation of the human soul.
Here for the tirtst time a world’s congress
for the advancement of “ peace on earth,
goodwill toward •men” is inaugurated.
Happy omeirfor the city of palaces, which,
rising fair as a lily from the blue waves of
mist-wrenthed Michigan; on a plai* where
erstwhile only the cry of the bittern re-
sounded along the desolate shore, now lifts
• her lo r ty\ domes and minarets above the
aggregated wisdom, learning, riches and
power of the globe, united in the single
purpose of ennobling and elevating man.
A good thing at little expense. The
Phonogram for a whole year for one dol-
lar. Xow is the time to send in your
subscription.
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From the Crescent City.
We received from a gentleman who was
Visiting New Orleans during the Mardi-
Gras festivities, an account of the status
of the Louisiana Pnonograph Co., and
learn that it was never more prosperous or
more buoyant than now.
The sales of machines are increasing,
the people take an interest in the enter-
prise, and the entertainment afforded by
the musical phonograph is greatly enjoyed.
The musical records made by this com-
pany are of the finest. Wherever the
French take up their abode one finds a
grace, a perfection of detail and finish ap-
plied to the arts not met with elsewhere ;
and in New Orleans b >tli the musical se-
lections and the rendering of them is ex-
ceptionally good. Mr. Louis Yasnier's
characteristic delineations of negro dialect
continue very popular.
Mr. Hugh K. Conyngton is thoroughly
equipped with those qualifications which
make the phonograph well known in his
territory.
A V(o)ice Everybody Approves Of.
“ Another vice has fastened upon the
Americau people,” said a distinguished
divine, who has a reputation as a humor-
ist, in a promenade chat with The Tribune.
“I refer to the phonograph habit. I con-
fess, with more or less embarrassment,
that it has taken strong hold upon me. I
cannot pass one of the talking machines
any more without stopping to be enter-
tained. I fear I detect a leaning toward
reproductions from the variety stage, for
the temptation to let go of the nickel is
strongest when the bulletin announces a
bit of dialect work by the celebrated Tim
Dooley, or some other star of the comedy
stage. Next t » that, I crave orchestral
selections, though I feel that if the United
States Marine and Gilmor.-’s bands have
•
filled as many phonograph cylinders as they
are credited with, they must have carried
phonographs on their journeys over the
country, as well as sat up in the small
hours at their hotels, for their alleged
productions are not only numerous but
full of evidences of distracting influences
and fatigue upon the part of the per-
formers. But merit aside, it is certainly
agreeable to be transported in spirit from
the bustle of the street to the presence of
some reasonably competent caterer to the
amusement of the people, and I don't
much care whether I am cured of the
phonograph habit or not/' — Cincinnati
Tribu ne.
A Soothsayer and Admonisher.
The phonograph is a dangerous thing
sometime^. A girl can take it up to her
room, and in her loneliness, when her
sweetheart is a wav, she can hear all the
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sweet things said to her. Conversations
can be handed down from generation to
generation. And when the husband
and wife quarrel, the wife will say, “ My
dear old mother warned me against you ;
listen to what she said,” and she will pull
out the family phonograph, and a wheezy
noise will be heard : “ You’ll find him
out, my dear. All men are bad. There
isn't a good man living except your father
— sometimes/’
Prize for High School Scholars.
A prize of is offered bv the The
Phonogram for an essay upon the phono-
graph written by any pupil of the high
schools, within the ensuing month. It
should contain not less than six hundred
words nor more than one thousand, and
will be subjected to the criticism of able
judges.
If desired, The Phonogram will pub-
lish a short sketch of the life of the writer
whose contribution is accepted, which may
be sent with the article.
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Current News.
The new Edison self-adjusting repro-
ducing diaphragm is a very great boon to
the exhibitors of the phonograph, and an
absolute necessity on all slot machines.
The record is always kept in adjustment
and* the reproduction is much louder.
They can be obtained of the various local
companies and agents.
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“ The Practical Guide to the Use of the
Edison Phonograph,” by James L. Andem,
is meeting with, the success it deserves.
The first edition, we are told, is nearly
exhausted, and another edition is in course
of preparation. Every purchaser is
thereby made an “exj»ert,” for it tells all
there is to be known upon the subject.
* * *
The Phonogram Club had a contest on
Friday evening, April 7th, between tran-
scribers who are operating phonographs in
the city of Chicago. The contest ended
in a tie between three young ladies.
* * *
Superintendent Frank A. Fitzpatrick,
of the Omaha public schools, has just ar-
ranged with the North American Phono-
graph Co., of Chicago, to use four phono-
graphs in exhibiting his school music at the
World’s Fair.
* * *
Mr. C. Louis Pulsifer, agent in Buffalo
for the Edison phonograph, has placed
the machine on trial in the educational
institutions of that city. He is confident
that many of these institutions will adopt
it. He also recently placed a phonograph
with Mr. Jewett M. Richmond, who uses
same at his residence for learning French.
The tutor calls twice each week and pre-
pares records which are at the command
of his children at all times.
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Prof. J. C. Hisey, one of the leading
principals of the Kansas City public
schools, has become very much interested
in the phonograph for educational pur-
poses, and is now preparing to take some
records of his school work. He thinks the
subject of the phonograph ought to be a
part of the programme of the next'meet-
ing of the Missouri State Teachers’ Asso-
ciation.
* * *
II. D. Goodwin is still keeping two type-
writers busy, copying work from the pho-
nograph.
* * *
Miss Ella Henderson, assisted by her
sister, Miss Stella Kauffman, gave a de-
lightful phonograph entertainment at her
home, 3417 Indiana avenue, Chicago, on
the evening of April 7th, to the Berean
Bible Class in honor of the departure of
the president, Mr. Charles Bentley, for
Salt Lake City, Utah. The phonograph
was unanimously voted a delightful enter-
tainer.
* * *
Grville T» Brewer, having the largest
teachers’ agency any where in the Western
cowitry and- looted at 08 Dearl>orn street,
Chicago, 111., is now using the phonograph.
Mr. Brpwer will manage the Columbian
Hotel during the period of the World’s
Fair, and will make that his headquarters.
He expects to make numerous records of
teachers and school superintendents dur-
ing their visit at the World’s Fair. Having
obtained which, he will found a museum
of voices unique aTid unusual, because it
will' be a collection of all the teachers of
the United States. Mr. Brewer is also using
the phonograph for Commercial purposes,
sftid is extremely pleased with the instru-
ment. ' *
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Captain King, the popular novelist, of
Milwaukee, Wi*, had a fine picture, life
size, in a recent number of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, where, the phonograph is
made his special companion. The captain
has used this machine for more than three
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yea ra. All of his dictation in stories is
copied by J\Iiss Lucille Rhodes.
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George 1. Miller, Superintendent of
Schools, Boone, Iowa, is chairman of the
executive committee for the Iowa Suite
Teachers’ Association. He has decided to
•
have a topic on the programme at the next
meeting of the association, entitled “The
Phonograph and Typewriter as Educa-
tional Factors.” This, certainly, will bean
interesting subject and should be brought
before every teachers’ meeting in the
country.
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Mr. James L. Andem, of the Ohio
Phonograph Co., has recently returned
from a pleasure trip down the Mississippi
as far as New Orleans. He saw many
exhibitions and automatic phonographs
along the larger river towns, and the
owners of these machines were doing a
good business and affording the residents
a new and popular amusement.
Electric Devices in Berlin.
The Electrical Society of Berlitz has re-
/
cently experimented with a portable elec-
tric light designed to facilitate the search
for the wounded on fields of battle at
night. The luminous intensity is of fifty
candle-power, and the battery of accumu-
lators furnishing the electric current
weighs only eight kilogrammes (sixteen
pounds). t
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How to Succeed in this Profession.
Typewriter operators should never be
satisfied with a b're acquaintance with the
technique of their craft. A little knowl-
edge is generally considered a dangerous
thing, but it is extremely useful in con-
junction with typewriting- At all events,
it is better than none at all. Some knowl-
edge of German and French is especially
useful. ^
A Leading New York Merchant.
To found an extensive commercial
house is to render a service to one’s coun-
try. It is a part of our nation’s progress.
To this end many requisites are necessary.
Industry and perseverance are the first
principles. Next, an attractive personality;
again, integrity of character, and, finally,
that mental grasp which enables a man to
carry out in detail the large generalities
that constitute the soul of his trade.
The historv of the establishment of A.
W
Raymond & Co., of New York, is a
history of extensive intercourse with the
world of commerce and of high achieve-
ment. Its supreme success constitutes
one of the reasons why this illustrated
article is presented to the public in this
centennial vear.
Mr. Aaron Raymond, the head of the
firm, was born in 1834, in Bedford, West-
chester Couuty, New York. Educated in
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the academy there, he came to the metrop-
olis, and engaged with a firm on Cort-
land t street, with which he remained for
six vears. The times were propitious, and
on May 1. 1857, he became a partner of
the firm known as Rogers & Ravmond.
It occupied a building at the corner of
Nassau and Fulton street. Sinde then it
has become a magnificent edifice, that
faces both Nassau and Fulton and extends
from Fulton to Ann street. It is an
historical locality. Before the war the
New York Herald was printed immedi-
ately opposite, and the presence of the
elder James Gordon Bennett and the
hundreds of public men who formed the
circle of his acquaintance, was a familiar
spectacle. Opposite, on Fulton street,
was the New York Daily Sun , then
edited by Moses Y. Beach. Afterwards
the Commercial Advertiser , one of tfie
oldest papers in New York, made this site
its home until a conflagration destroyed
the time-honored property, and a modern
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commercial building occupies the imk
spot. The establishment of A. gp*'
Raymond & Co. is probably l>et- R;
ter known to the citizens of New WSE
York than any other of its kind
in the metropolis. Situated di-
rectly on the line of travel from
Broadway to the Brooklyn Kerry,
millions of people have passed . .
the locality, and it goes without
saying that the handsome and Bbr
varying display of novelties in HH
the great show windows on Nas- g£M
sau and Fulton streets constituted
a landmark for the older resi * M
dents and are familiar and pop-
ular with the new generation.
Many changes have been made ''HJ
obedient to the growth of trade
and the demand of progression F
in the business world. Their in*
viting entrances proclaim a wel-
come to the public. Entering ■
the men’s furnishing department
from Nassau street the visitor
willbestruck by the magnificent
taste exhibited in the arrangement for the
display of goods. The room is like a great
hull. The show cases and fixtures are of
solid ash, the former being fitted with
plates of beveled glass. Incandescent
lamps shed a brilliant radiance, and the
rainbow-like hues of silken stuffs, reflected
from shining folds on every hand, added
to the infinite variety of color, form, and
shape of fabrics included in the term
“ furnishings,” are well calculated to be-
wilder even a connoisseur. No less than
fifty electric lights in this immense room,
each of sixteen-candle power, furnish a
brilliancy that is at all times attractive to
the eye. It is not without purpose that
these lavish decorations have been pro-
vided at so much expense. They consti-
tute a fitting framework to the costly
material exhibited. The main floor is
arranged for the display of an immense
.^ron Raymond
stock of tailor-made clothing, comprising
all grades and'styles, and readily fitted to
every' 'patron, no matter what may be his
size. These goods are all made under the
inspection of experts who give no less
attention to the lowest priced garments
than they do to the most expensive. The
hat department is also located on this
floor, where the-latest ideas in men’s
hefd ware ai’e displayed in attractive and
liberal' profusion.
A commodious wuirway leads* to the
.basement, which is neatly furnished and
fitted for the display of a portion of their
offerings: Incandescent lamps adorn the
ceiling, and shed a counterfeit of daylight
which is equal to Nature’s best. An ex-
haustive shoe department occupies one
portion, trunks and bags another, the
large dimensions remaining being devoted
to athletic, gymnasium and bicycle suits
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and accessories, which are shown in great
variety. Passing to the second floor yon
•are in the custom department, which occu-
pies the entire-, space excepting the por-
tion devoted to tiie private offices. This
room is fitted with windows upon three
sides, and “as light as day” would be
vise and cut the great number of gar-
ments that are subsequently manufactured
into stylish clothing for a generous
patronage. The fifth and sixth floors are
devoted to the storing of reserve stock,
both in piece goods and ready-made gar-
ments.
K iy mood's Building. Corn-r Fulton and Nassau Streets.
correct in describing it. Incandescent
lamps prevail here also, but are seldom
brought into requisition. The third floor
is used for active stock in passing from
the receiving room to the retail depart-
ments. The fourth floor 's where tiie de-
•
signers and artists are located, who de-
It is one of the rules of Mr. Raymond
that no patron ever shall leave his establish-
ment dissatisfied. If after purchase he
does not like an article, he may change or ,
return it at will and get his money back.
The salesmen are genteel and courteous,
and even though the visitor may not be a
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purchaser, he will receive the same affable tile son of Erin, the breezy Westerner, the
treatment as if he had been among the most shrewd Down-Easter and the oracular Etlri-
liberal patrons. A special feature of the opian are in turn its victims or its ex-
establishment may be designated as the ploirers.
special order department, from which is. Mr. Joel Chaudler Harris relates in his
systematically sent out to the neighboring inimitable style a series of practical jokes
cities and towns a complete set of samples perpetrated by means of a phonograph on
of goods mounted on cardboard and con- the colored citizen who figures extensively
sisting of the rarest textures for overcoats, in many of his humorous narratives under
suits and trousers of both foreign and the pseudonym of “ Uncle Rem us,’ r and as
domestic manufacture. In this way the they are of recent occurrence, and there-
customer is enabled to order from his own fore have not yet had time to “swing
home, from Raymond & Co., whatever he around the circle” of ^ all the great
may desire in their line, and be assured dailies in the country, we introduce them
that his requirements will be fulfilled to here. *• '
the smallest detail. In fact, it is the busi- One of the ladies of a certain household
ness of the firm to please and supply its where the old African had held the post,
patrons without the incidental expenses of retainer for many years, having ob-
involved in a visit to New York. Among tained a phonograpl^&nd familiarized her-
the features of the establishment is the self with the* mode of operating it, con-
publication of Raymond's Monthly, a ceived the idea of exhibiting it to the an-
lively magazine that keeps pace with the cient servitor. Calling him up, she in-
changes of style and pattern and leaves structed him to apply the tube to his ears
nothing to be desired on the part of any and listen to titf sounds from the instru-
citizen, young or old, whose aim it is, so ment. The announcement of a piece in a
far as his' clothes are concerned, to be like hard, /netallic , voice gave Uncle Remus
“ one to the manor born.” a nervous shock which was expressed by a
The phonograph also plays no incon- look at the lady and quick rolling of the
spicuous part. The large correspondence eyes.
that forms a part of a counting-room busi- After that, a "musical arrangement
ness of many of our New York firms has played by a band prirceeded from the in-
made this grand device of our great strument, and he seemed to enjoy it im-
chief Edison a necessity. The more a mensely. When the music terminated
merchant uses it, the more he is disinclined with the usual crash, he took the tubes
to part with it. It dispenses with the from his ears ^nd examined them atten-
employment of two or three clerks in tively ; \finding ndthing inside, he inserted
writing his letters, and, in brief, it becomes them in his ears again, but, of course, heard
his confidential friend, with whom the nothing. Then he interrogated the lady,
children of his brain linger forever. whom he calls “Miss Sail}',” desiring to
“ learn .whar’bouts does dese pipes lead
The African and the Phonograph. to.’*
“Right here to the phonograph.”
“ Pe which ’em ? ”
“This little machine here.”
“Uh! Miss Sally. Dey may fool you,
but dey can’t fool me. De t’er een ’er
dese here pipes ain’t so might’ fer fromde
As a promoter of merriment the talking
machine is a success. Wags of all nation-
alities avail themselves of its apparently
occult powers to puzzle or baffle the un-
suspecting and the simple, while the vola-
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circus. 1 dunner wliar’bouts de circus is, eyes is mo blood shotten don what mgf
but wharsomever de show’s gwine on, ger’s eyes is. He got on high stovepipe
right dar is de t’ereen er dem are pipes- hat, en’ he show de bottom of his shoe
■You ax Marse John dar, en ef heaint play- wid chalk marks on it. He ain’t no mo’
in’ no prank on yer. ’long er dish yer like a nigger den a bumble bee is like a
contraption, he'll tell yer de same. When roan mule. Yit dar he sets and plunks on
I go home ta-night I gwine ter to holler de banjer. Marse John,” the old man
at my ole woman: ‘You, Katherin, went on, “you reckon Miss Sally gwine
wake lip fum dar, where you settin’ nod- ter up’n low dat dat ar man wid de banjer
din’ by de chimbly jam. You say yo’ is in de beeswax? ”
Miss Sally de smartest white woman in de For answer, “ Marse John ” winked his
Nunited States er Georgay, and yit she is eye, and shook his head with an air of
done been fooled by dem town folks.’ Dat 'mystery. Meanwhile, “ Miss Sally ” was
des zackly what I’m gwine to tell er, and adjusting the chimes of Trinity. Uncle
I boun’ you Marse John’ll b’ar me out in Remus, listening, winked his eyes at every
it; won't you?” stroke of the bells, and remarked, when
Uncle Remus rattled this off so fast that the ringing ceased :
the lady had no opportunity to explain, “ Is anybody ever hear de beat o’ dat?
but at last she showed him the cylinder, Ef dey aint a big tire broke out som'rs,
telling him that it was covered with wax de meetin'-houses is all got in a bunch,
and the music was writtenmi the wax. Dat ar beesewax got a mighty tough job of
He scrutinized the cylinder after put- it, to hoi’ all dem bells."’*
ting on his spectacles, then looked closely Then came a conversation between
at Miss Sally and remarked : Uncle Remus and the cook, which had
“ Miss Sally, I bin knowiu'you senceyou been spoken into the phonograph by Miss
waz a little bit er babv, en hain’t never Sally. The old man’s placid counten-
hear you gwine on dis a way befo'. I wish ance gathered severity as the dialogue was
you’d please’m tell me how dat ar brass poured into his ears. The lady’s imitation
ban' gwine git in dar? De ban' what of the cook was cleverer than she in-
I hear in dese fiere pipes had de big tended, and when Uncle Remus hung the
horn en de base drum in it yit, let tubes across the machine there was an om-
lone all de vuther horns, en my min’ inons frown on his brow. “ Where are
pintedly tells me dat ef day wuz all to git you going ? *’ asked Miss Sally, as the old
iu dat ar shebang dar, dey’d bust it widu man started out.
open. Now you know dat yo’self, Miss “ I'm gwine out dar an’ see dat nigger
Sally.” ’ooman. Dat ar contraption is wuss den
The lady wished to laugh, but con- runniir de kyards. Hit beats eaves-drap-
trolled herself, and adjusted another cyl- pin’. Hit tell you what folks been say in',
inder, telling the old man to place the arter dey done said it an’ gone. Dat uig-
tubes in his ears. It was the banjo solo, ger ‘ooinan dar in de kitchen been talkin’
and when it was concluded Uncle Kemus ’bout me scan’lous.’’
exclaimed : “ What I tell you. Miss Sallv? With that Uncle Kemus went out in the
y * *
I knowed dar was a show goin' on roun’ back yard, and those in the house heard a
yer. Dar was de man pickin’ de banjo, conversation something like this :
and’ doin’ like heJiear folks say de niggers “ I ain’t been talkin’ 'bout you needer.
does. I ken shet my eyesen' see ’im right She tell you dat? She ’uz just prankin’
now. He got blackin’ on his face, en’ his wid you.”
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“ Miss Sally ain't tell me nothin’ ’tall, description just furnished us by Mr. Mil-
I hear de ve’y words wid my own years.” ton F. Adams, who, in connection with
“ Looker here, nigger man ; is yer Mr. E. P. Wallace, local manager of the
gwine crazy? Ef yer is, I want yer ter North. American Phonograph Co., of
g’way fm here.” Philadelphia, had charge of the exhibi-
“You up’n tell Miss Sally dat I been tion.
stealin’ tater pie en fried sassidge en light Despite inclement weather, there were
bread.” present at least one thousand persons, in-
“Is she tell you dat?” eluding some of the most prominent peo-
- “Miss Sally ain't tell me nuthin. I pie in Philadelphia. It was a complete
tuck’n hear de ve’y words. What you success in every way. Its principaf object
done wid dat apern full er biscuits you was to demonstrate the commercial value
tuck’n slipped off wid las night? An of the phonograph, but it included musi-
whar dat can er develish ham, en dat ar cal numbers and recitations,
bag er prunes, en dem ar sparribs what Cornetist Wm. H. Distin played into the
you kyard off day fo yistiddy?” - phonograph numerous airs, among which,
“I ain’t deff. What you wanter be by request, were the “Sewanee River,”
bolleiin so loud fer ? She don’t want “Non e Ver,” “The Palms.” These airs
to hear you gwine on dat ar way. All de were then teproduced on another instru-
white folks wants is to git de niggers to ment, to the immense delight of the aud-
quoilin’ en fightin’ en see em go to de ience. The ’orchestral records included
chain-gang. You hush up and go on the “ Miserere,” “ II Trovatore,” and the
’bout yo' business.” , “Toreador Song,” from the opera of Car-
A little later when Miss Sallv was at- . men.
m
tending to affairs in the dining-room, the Several young ladies sang into the
cook took occasion to remark : phonograph ; theifsongs were reproduced
“Miss Sally, you better make dat ole on another machine . jvith very great suc-
nigger man keep his mouf offen me. I’m cess. Seven phonographs and five type-
gvvine cripple him, inon, if he don’t writers were used atfthis exhibition,
leinme ’lone. Is you hear what he tell Messrs. A'dams. and Wallace »ractically
me dis evenin'?” demonstrated from £h# platform the com-
“ What was it?” asked the lady, mercial advantages ami uses of the phono-
feigning ignorance. graph, dictated several business letters to
“ He come out here, he did,” said the it, which were transcribed by expert
cook, scornfully, “ and say dat I wuz settin' operators and distributed throughout the
my cap fer him. case you all had 'im in hall.
de settin'-room dar, showin im de picters. . Mr. Dy Bois, of'^the Philadelphia Trust
lie de sassiest ole nigger I ever is see.” and Safe Deposit Co., spoke for the audi-
ence and stated that the •com mercial ad-
Exhibition of the Phonograph in the vantages of the phonograph could not be
Auditorium of the Drexel Institute, too highlj extolled : that from practical
experience in his office he had found that
A notice of this interesting event was • typewriters had no trouble in understand-
published in our last issue, but we had ing (or hearing) all that was dictated to
not then received a full account of what the phonograph.
took place on the occasion, and therefore Mr. Joshua L. Bailey, . the well-known
lay before our readers tcr-day the excellent dry-goods merchant, recited a humorous
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tale into the phonograph, on the subject
of the age of the public buildings in
Philadelphia, which was then reproduced
on another machine to the verv great
gratification of the audience. Mr. Bailey
was evidently very popular as an ex-
hibitor.
t
A three-foot paper horn was experi-
mented upon for recording, and with very
good success, particularly in the matter of
cornet solos.
. The exhibition was so successful that
Professor James McAllister, superinten-
dent of Drexel Institute, has decided that
a phonograph shall be an important ad-
junct to the Department of Physics of the
Institute.
Extraction of Caoutchouc (Indian
Rubber i from Turpentine.
Mr. Tilden demonstrated some years
ago that the oil of turpentine contains
isoprene, one of the products obtained from
the distillation of caoutchouc, and which,
treated with powerful acids, is converted
into a solid clastic mass showing all the
properties of india-rubber.
Bourhardot had already observed the
fact that heat would produce the %ame
transformation on isoprene, which would
seem to indicate that this substance is the
caoutchouc pure.
Natural caoutchouc, the same as artifi-
cial caoutchorc, appears to be formed of
two elements, one of which is more soluble
than the other. The dissolution of artificial
caoutchouc leaves, by evaporation, a resi-
due which presents the same characteris-
Rare Pictures for Sale.
The inventions of Mr. Thomas A.
Edison have contributed so largely to
human comfort and happiness that it
would be safe to say that one-half of the
population of the world has pan ini
knowledge of him through his works ; and
a considerable portion of the visitors to
the World’s Fair who witness daily the
usefulness of these will be desirous of
acquiring an accurate presentment, of the
form and features of the great inventor.
They can accomplish this object by
applying at theoffieeof The Phonoguam,
Room St, Pulitzer Building, New York
City, where photographs of Mr. Edison,
taken at various periods of his life, and of
his home, library and laboratory, etc., are
to be found. Both those who come to
America ami those who do not may be
furnished with these likenesses by sending
an order through the advertisement in
The Phonoguam. These photographs
are copyrighted, and have been obtained
from a source not open to the general
public. They are the Rest ever taken.
A New Field for BreadiWinners.
One of our exchanges, The Countimj
House, Leiscester, England, has ‘given
some very pertinent ideas in regard to the
typewriter which are equally applicable
and valuable to users of the phonograph :
“ New inventions of a practical kind
alwavs create a new demand for labor.
New tools have to be made before the new
tics as the residue left by a dissolution of, machine can be efficiently manufactured.
natural caoutchouc. Further, this arti-
ficial caoutchouc combines with sulphur
under the same conditions as the natural
caoutchouc.
The Electrician remarks that this dis-
covery will give occasion for important in-
dustrial applications .— Revue Scientifique.
New powers are called forth for their con-
struction, as for that of the machine itself.
The invention, when placed on the market
and brought into common use, opens a
new field of employment to those who can
manipulate it.” This is especially so of the*
phonograph.
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tant factor in impelling this eminent person
•
towards the goal lie has attained.
We have been led to expatiate on this theme
by reason of a recent perusal of the biographical
sketch of Mr. Edison contained in Comer* $ Mag-
azine, emanating from the pen of writers who
are able to do justice to the subject.
With the skill of a Vernel, they have worked
in on the canvas the events of his life with such
inimitable art, that the effect upon the soul is in-
delible. One is puzzled to decide which has
produced the greater impression, the story or its
hero. Logic, rhetorical skill, artistic training,
and intuitive knowledge of the laws of taste have
all combined to stamp this as a model of excellent
biography..
BY A. AND W. K. L. DICKSON
Every intelligent person who is able to com-
mand the time uecessary to follow the general
current of thought as expressed In the literature
of the present age, must be struck by the mani-
fest tendency of that current to flow through
-the domain of science, seeking to penetrate its
mysteries and grasp its laws.
This inclination is so marked, that books of Ac-
tion and even “ belles lettres ’ are for the most
part, relegated to younger minds, and publica-
tions dispensing information relating to the vast
circle of sciences alone find favor with the ma-
jority of readers.
We view this phase of civilization as far as it
concerns our national existence, with profound
satisfaction. According to our belief it is the
precursor of a higher ascent iu the scale of pro-
gress and sentiment. The test of the world’s
advancement is the measure of learning attained
by the great family of man.
Real knowledge, that is, an insight into the
structure and component parts of the planet ou
which we dwell, the forces of nature, an approx-
imate comprehension of the complex machinery
of t lie Armament above us, leads to the percep-
tion of spiritual truth. If the Jews had not been
too much immersed in the contemplation of
things temporal, the discussion of doctrinal sub-
tleties, the adherence to ceremonial law, the va-
garies of the sophist, no occasion would have
arisen for Pilate's inquiry, “ What is truth?''
When a nation engages in the quest for truth, it
is sure to flud it ; the looking for it is evidence ployed to obtain
that man possesses faculties euabling him to recog. this alluring them
nize it when found. the end. A notic
America, even in her youth, lias manifested a the Supplement 1
proclivity to grapple with knotty problems ; and 11, 1803), and it is
now in her prime she presses onward to the race ette et {He., Bouie
toward learning with Quixotic enthusiasm. She Advertuigto tin
has produced many ripe scholars and statesmen. arly and extensn
tt nd astronomy, physics, electrical, nautical and learn from thewri
kindred sciences have been materially enriched to [fublic attentio
by her sons. been coqjointly pi
In these latter days, the prolifle brain and ex- positions uncier U
ecutive ability of our famed inventor Thomas A. Members of the F
Edison, have combined to erect a standard of Messrs. Perrot ar
scholarship in electrical science which few men eminent prizes in
with the exception of Lord Kelvin, have reached. have completed b;
We opine that the universal interest in learning, the former returt
entertained by Americans, has been an impor- the purpose of vis
The Review of Review for April, 1893, is rich
in original matter and contains higLly interesting
resumes of themes treated in contemporary mag-
azines. Among others furnished from the pen of
one of its own corps of writers is the article on
the President of the United States and the mem-
bers of his cabinet, arfimely subject and afford-
ing abundance of fact which will be new to most
of the readers of this magazine.
The likeness of Vice-President Stevenson is a
gem in the way of photographic art, and the
artist who reproduced it in The Review shows his
appreciation of'expdlence by presenting it with
tiie minutest muscular tracery of the face appar-
ent, wliich in porU 7 ^H*.akould always accompany
accurate drawing of the outlines.
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and Doerpfold, the sites of Trov. of Tyrintheand
Myctaes, where the surprising discoveries were
made, the results of which are made known in
the volume just about to be published, which is
designated Primitive Greece — My chi ten Art.
The entire work will comprise eight volumes.
Plan to Forward the Interests of the
People in the Matter of Common
Roads.
We approach this subject with enthusiasm ; it
has weighed upon our minds for a long time, and
we shall be happy to lend whatever influence we
possess towards promoting all legal measures
necessary to accomplish the good work.
Those who need good roads are the people re-
siding iu the country or in small towns, and they
constitute the majority of the inhabitants of the
United States. Most of them produce directly
or indirectly all they eat and wear. If their labor is
given to the actual conducting of farms, the losses
to them occasioned by bad roads are extremely
heavy, for small proprietors and tenants cannot
afford to send produce by rail to market, and even
wealthy farmers are frequently overwhelmed by
the burdens of railroad transportation of crops
or manufactured products.
This is an axiom. Therefore let us bring t lie
wisdom of the past to our aid in considering this
question, and it may help us to find a remedy for
the evil.
Years ago, that able and astute statesfhan, the
Hon. John Bright, presented his views on the
transportation of farm products and the home-
made productions of skilled laliorers. to a con-
venient market, before the British Parliament, in
connection with the condition of Her Majesty the
Queen of England’s subjects in India. Numbers
of the Hindoo race convey the fruits of their toil
to a market by means of waterways, and at that
time these required attention and repairs from the
Government. Mr. Bright discussed the matter at
great length in all its aspects, and the force of liis
arguments and the confidence he inspired by lri9
character and knowledge of political economy was
sufficient to enable him to gain his point and
bring redress to the suffering natives of Hindos_
tan. Thenceforth their merchandise or crops
were boated safely and easily to the commercial
havens they sought.
This desideratum should be provided in our
own country by constructing good highways for
the use of the people.. It should be remem bered
that in the United States there is very little sterile
soil. The proportion of rocky, sandy and boggy
land as compared to the fertile and arable area is
small. And the very richness and fertility is the
source of difficulties ; since it is easy to hew out
a rough, yet firm roadway in the forest, where
the earth is tenacious or gravelly under the feet ;
but when one encounters the mud and ooze of
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama, or
the black, waxy soil of Texas, or the red clay of
North Carolina and Virginia, where the wheels
sink to the hub and have to be pried out with
levers, the question of making or keeping roads
in repair assumes another hue. Statesmen, and
voters likewise, should remember that good roads
are not a luxury, but a necessity, and that rail-
way* can never fill their place. And they should
furthermore recollect that the agricultural con-
tributions of those great States have been the di-
rect cause of growth and fruitful source of wealth
to all the largg cities iu the Atlantic seaboard ;
which, without such sustenance, would now only
count their population by thousands instead of
millions,
Mr. All>ert A. Pope, of Boston, has published
in pamphlet form a copy of a petition which he
has been mainly instrumental in framing, and
which is signed by many distinguished men of
the Republic, memorializing Congress to move
in the matter of establishing a special department
for preparing students to fit themselves correctly
to construct roads, and also to exhibit models of
road building for the use of the States.
We wish his undertaking all the success it de-
serves. and believe that proper movement in this
direction will insure blessings to the people, at
present undreamed of, just as this influx of
money through trade lias rendered possible so
many inventions, among others, that of the Pho-
nograph.
TRADE NOTES.
The Columbia Typewriter Manufacturing Co.
are preparing a fine exhibition at the World’s
Fair. One machine will be finished in gold and
one in silver. This company is buildiag a large
factory on 116th street, to meet the increasing
demands of their business.
* * *
The New England Phonograph Co. have al-
ways something new and interesting. Write for
their catalogue.
* * *
The ordinary prices of typewriters are cut in
two at the Typewriters’ Exchange, 10 Barclay
street. You can also exchange your old machine
for a new one — any make.
* # *
M A word to the wise is sufficient.” Success-
ful dealers use Underwood^s typewriter ribbons.
Every phonograph agent should order songs
from H. J. Wehman, 130 Park Row. They will
bring you dollars where you invest cents. See
advertisement. *
• * •
Everybody interested Jin the phonograph and
musical records should read the advertisement of
the New Jersey Phonograph Co., Newark, in
this issue.
A 4 *
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And Our New Illustrated Book on Vtistlc Needlework. FREE!
Btorips of I/ive, Adventure and Travel, tm able utul di*tlngulHl»ed
writers. Illustraiitl by best and most talented Artists. Everything
Fare, Moral, Sparkling and Clean. J
We hare xw rH the eerr i er t of a namhrr of the beet known wnloi in America, who
Will furnuh our readers with original and copy righted m a il er the coming saaaon.
AMONG THEM AKE
Ella Higginson. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Clemenzy Jane Fowl ,r. Jesse H..Berry,
Ruth Percy. Gertrude Willett.
Wm. C. Sprague, Or. Atkinson,
and numerous other writers of cqnml ahilit y. v
THE HOME CIRCLE is emphatically a jonrnM for the entire family, and consequently
such departments as V "•
THE HOl/SEHOLD, FASHIONS. TABLE TALK. NEEDLEWORK.
are not overlooked. but each department ia under the tuperosion ol a coot patent editor.
To pro luce a magazine which will be Interest me. entertaining, sparkling and
attractive in every way, and y-t be pure, moral. imtni< Jvr atuj helpful Is no easy ac-
complishment. but this is what the publishers of this journal propose to do and are den
ing. Every line ef both reading and advertising matter Is carefully considered before
being placed before our readers, which, no doubt, accounts for the extraordinary fascina-
tion it possesses for ita renders. "Sorb charming stone*,- says one; "Such delightful
poems, says another! "Such beautfol illustrations.- says a third; "Such a splendid,
helpful paper,** uy all. . . ' -
We hareiust published a new book on arustic Hnaurwotz, which conuins among
other things, 12 HANDSOME «*UILT PATTERNS. 100 Crazy Stitches, a complete
EMBROIDERY Alphabet. inMructions for making TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS. files-
This company is regularly incorporated with
subscribers are stockholders^ thus participating in
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World's Fair Hotel Accommodations,
And Headquarters for Shorthand Writers, Typewriter Operators,
Phonograph Operators and Wheelmen.
Are yon Coming ? Where will yon Stay ? What will yon Pay ?
The hotel is entirely new ; is provided with every modern convenience,
and will accommodate fully two thousand guests. It is within fifteen minutes
ride of the grounds, via the Illinois Central R. R., and within two blocks of
i 1 T a /S • T II •%! 1 • 1 • • 1 1 1 *
the depot. Special attention will be given, and provision made for ladies,
both old and young, who may visit the exposition without escorts. Rooms,
when secured in advance, may be obtained at rates varying from 50 cents
each a day for four persons to $1.50 a day for one person. The Company
has made arrangements for a large hotel at the Fair grounds, where lunch
may|l>e taken, and Wheelmen store their wheels.
Persons wishing to obtain full information how to secure rooms and
board in advance, should address the WORLDJS FAfR ACCOMMODATION
00., 50 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111., enclosing stamp for pamphlet.
Prof. F. S. Humphrey, the well-known stenographer and author, will
look after the interests of the shorthanders, typewritists, and wheelmen.
410 THE PHONOGRAM.
TEN REASONS WHY
EDISON’S PHONOGRAPH
IS SUPERIOR TO ANY STENOGRAPHER.
✓
1. SPEED.
You can dictate as rapidly as you please, and are never
asked to repeat.
2. CONVENIENCE.
You dictate alone, at any hour of day or night that suite
your convenience.
3. SAVING OF OPERATOR’S TIME.
rfuriug dictation operator can be employed with other
work. Operators make twice the speed in writing out that
is possible from shorthand notes.
4. ACCURACY.
The phonograph c;m only repeat what has been said to it.
5. INDEPENDENCE.
You are independent of your operator. It is easy to re-
place a typewriter ^ aerator, but a competent stenographer
is hard to find.
6. ECONOMY.
The cost of an outfit added to salary of operator ’is less
than that of a stenographer, and results obtained far
superior.
7. SIMPLICITY.
The method is so simple that no time need be lost in learn-
ing it. You can commence work AT ONCE.
8. TIRELESSNESS.
The phonograph needs no vacation. Does not grumble at
’ any amount of over-work.
9. PROCRESSIVENESS.
The most progressive business houses are now using
• phonographs, ana indorse them enthusiastically.
10. SUB-DIVISION OF LABOR.
In cases where you have a number of letters or a long
document, necessitating several cylinders, same can be
. equally distributed among your typewriters, a saving of
both time and labor.
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3 Auld lung niM
5 old cubln homo
8 Home, ©«> c«H Imtue
18 Mv country ’tin of i lire (A in.r1«-*»
•& OKI follotat hoint* (Siimitr lii.U'H
761 Dying girl'© me. W e
76? Upper Urn and lower fir©
m» %\ hen Johnny comes* marching hon
»1 Since my mother'd dead and irunc
928 Save my mother'© picture from the
inuu The ion* thnl leached nir hfwirt |-a
ltf® Ad 1 sat upon my dear old mother’d
littD Marguerite Ikn
1U87 Drill, ye tarriera, drill
1107 Wiggling coon
1114 JohiMtow u DiNid
1 120 Down a rut Mctiinty
ltn Juat a little .
11*7 Three leave© of ihamnek
1 121 A mother'd appeal to her boy
1131 f»nly a picture of her^oy
1147 ultb* Amid- Kooney
1160 D«w n on the farm
1 172 That i* love
lltt I whidtle and wait for Katie
11« Hear dem bells
1202 I rb-h Jubilee
1207 Tlieii you wink tl»o other eye
121* Comrade©
28 ^ oil’ll remember me
38 1 . 10*1 rune of ©nnuiier
43 I cannot call her mother
43 P**or old ©lave
06 Little ol.l log cabin lu the lane
58 Maivhlng through Georgia
67 Star ©panglcd bailin' r
77 My old Keniucky home, good night
78 Home again
86 Listen to tlie mockingbird
88 She never blnni.il hi..., never
*6 Ulpey's wai ning
104 OIrll left behind me
109 Kitty Wells
113 Two orphan* (Brooklyn Theatre flicj
122 Hltigrn on the Khlne
1M Nearer, my God. to thee
158 Miuwa'i* In the cold, cold ground
172 Tenting on the old camp gruirtul
212 Donnelly and Cooper
220 Annie lamle
252 Darting Nelly Gray
*68 Hail Columbia
283 Come home, father
2H8 Saille In our alley
302 Butcher boy
312 Bed, white and bine
313 Old oaken bucket
333 Roll on. silver moon
338 A iv- we r to ’• The g» psy’s warning **
339 Bnti leery of freedom
341 Riding *»n tl.e elevated railr ad
347 Meet me by moonlight alone
362 Yellow roe© of Tcxnn
369 Farewell, my owo true lovo
372 My dear Savannah home
402 Devil’s In New Jersey
4t»9 Roys, keep u way irmn the gal©
465 Arkansas tn* veller
607 Ikmnie blue flag
638 Call me back attain [hnlMujal
656 John Brown song (Glory, glory
667 Hard tlmen come again' no ino< e
712 Ship that never returned
. [Carlo
k at Monte
We will send 10 of the above Songs, your selection,
post-paid, by mail, for 10 cents; 30 for 85 cents; 50
for 40 cents; 100 for 76 cents. Remember, we will not
send less than 10 of these Songs by putiL Be spre to
order songs by their numbers only. Clean and unused
U. S. Postage Stamps taken %ame as cash. Our cata-
logue of 5,000 different songs sent free on application.
We will send the Sheet Music of any of the above
songs, arranged for the piano, words and music com-
bined, for 40 cents per copy, or 3 copies for $1.
v ADDRESS ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO
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In brin
the
“ Bryant
’5
Typewriter Ribbon
Before the public the manufacturers beg to state that they
are confident they have the beU typewriter ribbon yet put
upon the market.
It Gives a Clear Impression, is not subject to Atmospheric Chan-
ges, and will give good Service, and its Copying ✓
Advantages are second to none.
A CLEAR PRESS COPY
was taken from a letter
written with the
BRYANT RIBBON FOUR MONTHS PREVIOUS.
This ribbon is ’being used by the operators in the North American Phono -
graph Company's offices , the General Electric Company, and others, with very
• good satisfaction.
The BKYART Tfpewiller Ribbon U made In all Color*. Copying and Non-Copying,
Record and Indelible, sold at $1.00 each, or $9.00 per dozen.
Ribbon* for Remington. Callgraph Smith-Premier, Hammond, Barlock, Franklin,
Denaniore and all Standard Machines*.
Bryant Manufacturing Co.,
148 WEST TENTH ST.,
New York City.
Please mention "The Phonogram
when communicating with Advertisers.
Fxcclalor Typewriter and Bicycle Oil !
For Typewriters, Bicycles. FireajTns, Sewing Ma-
chines, etc. The Beat oil. WiU not Gam ! When you
use Oil you want Oil— nothing but Oil— Pure Oil!
You get "it In the Excel alor. Prioe 20 cents at your
dealers. If he does not keep It, send eleven 2-ct. stamps
for a bottle (1 ounce). Address,
EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO. Sandusky. 0.
Dealers, write for discounts.
1.000
Official Agents distribute
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A good medium to advertise every-
thing connected with the Phono-
L
graph and Typewriter.
.‘At
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all Type-writer Machines.
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Phonographs sold (without restrictions).
Phonographs rented for Commercial purposes.
Phonograph Records manufactured and f6r sale in lasger
variety and of finer quality than to tfe found anywhere else in the
United States and at Lower Prices.
Phonograph supplies on hand and for sale.
Automatic Phonographs and Cabinets, Sold or
Rented.
Send for circulars, read, be convinced, purchase or rent.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison
LABOHATORV, ©TGI., GTG.
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, * or $22 00 per dozen.
No. 1. Laboratory exterior— winter scene.
*' 2. 44 Galvanometer or Electrical Dept.
44 3. 14 Phonograph, Experimental "
44 4. 44 Chemical Dept.
44 5. Mr. Etlison ai work in Chemical Dept.
44 6. Laboratory main machine shop.
• 4 7. 44 exter. (summer) corner rear view.
44 8. 44 Library, with statue 44 Genius of
Light.”
• 4 9. 44 Glenmont,” exter., showing Conserva-
tory and 44 Den.”
44 10: 44 Glenmont,” Parlor.
44 11, 44 ' 44 Den,” showing ceilings paint-
11 .
12 .
13.
ing, upright view.
44 Glenmont,” 44 Den, horizontal view.
44 18. •• exter., showing Conservatory
and porch.
44 14. Edison sitting at Laboratory table, taken
1892.
44 15. Edison portrait, oval. with signature. 1889.
44 10. Edisou Listening to Phonograph, 11 x 14.
44 17. Statue iu Library, 44 Genius of Light.”
44 18. Laboratory Dynamo Dept.
44 19. 44 exter., main building.
44 20. The Edison Phonograph, latest type.
44 21. Laboratory, Precision Dept. , upper shop.
44 22. 44 exter., summer. same view as No. 1.
44 23. Edison’s portrait at 14
44 24. 44 mother.
44 25. 44 portrait at 4.
44 20. Allegorical painting— Birth of the Edison
Incandescent Lamp. Menlo Park, 1875.
44 27. Edison’s Birthplace.
44 28. Group of Night Workers, with Edison
at Phonograph.
44 29. 'Laboratory's renowned Stock Room.
44 30. Pattern and Carpenter Shop.
44 Edisou talking to phono, (profile.)
Pictures. 8x10 on 10x12 cards, price $1.25.
and $14 00 per dozen.
No.40. 44 Grand Trunk Herald.” printed and
published by T. A. Edison on board
train Chicago & Grand Trunk R.R.,
at 14, front view.
44 41. 44 Grand Trunk Herald.” printed and
published by T. A. Edison on board
, train Chicago A Grand Trunk R.R.,
at 14, back view.
No.42. Edison’s Birthplace.
44 43. 44 Profile, J figure.
44 44. Edison’s bust, oval, with autograph, 1889.
44 40. Edison, J length. 1889.
44 47. Llewellyn Park Entrance.
44 48. Edison at 14.
44 49. 44 listening to Phonograph.
44 50. Edison's Mother.
44 51. 44 First Patent, Vote Recorder,
Patent sheet.
• 4 52. Ellison's Newark Ward St. Factory, Edi-
son in group, 1870.
4t 53. Ellison at 4. >
44 54. Allegorical Painting. — Birth of the Edi-
son Incandescent Lamp— Menlo Park,
1878.
44 55. Edison driving his first Electric .Locomo-
tive. 1879.
Pictures. 5 x 8 on 8 x 10 cards, price $1.00,
or $11.00 per dozen.
No.00. Edison's Birthplace.
44 01. Edison, i size, 1889.
•• 02. ,4 bust, oval, autograph attached,
1892.
44 03. Edison's bust, oval, autograph attached.
1889.
44 Laboratory, a corner of Library.
41 05. “Glenmont,” exter. view, from road fence,
44 60. The Edison Phonograph— latest type.
44 67. Precision Dept., upper shop, (laboratory.)
44 68. Laboratory Library, with Ferns.
44 69. Edison Phonograph Works.
44 70. Edison’s Mother.
••71. •• 44 reduced size.
44 72. Edison at 14.
44 73. ,4 44 4.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No.100. Micro-photo., Fly’s head. 64*84, $1.35.
•« 101. 44 Bamboo Filaments, show-
ing Fibro-Vascular bundles, used in
Edison Lamps, 64x84. $1.35.
44 1 02. Micro-photo.. Bamboo Filaments, show-
ing Fibro-Vascular bundles, used in
Edison Lamps, greater magnification,
64x84, $1.85.
44 150. Llewellyn Park Entrance, 10x12, $1.50.
Many other Photo- Micrographs.
Pleaee order by number , giving size.
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